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date = '2024-11-19T16:29:01Z' date = '2024-11-19T16:29:01Z'
draft = true draft = true
title = 'How to Set up a Mail Server on Alpine Linux with Postfix and Dovecot' title = 'How to Set up a Mail Server on Alpine Linux with Postfix and Dovecot'
tags = ['mail server', 'alpine linux', 'postfix', 'dovecot']
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# About mail servers # About mail servers
@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ you can at least know that your email is secure, though not private; Google will
knowledge and skills to secure a mail server. If you are not confident in your ability to do this and not interested in knowledge and skills to secure a mail server. If you are not confident in your ability to do this and not interested in
learning, you may want to find another solution. learning, you may want to find another solution.
There are also existing solutions that aim to "simplify" the process of managing a mail server; there have always been
plenty of services offering mail server hosting which is managed for you, the customer, and there are also projects
like [Mailcow](https://mailcow.email/), which is an attempt to make a user-friendly distributable mail server stack
based on Docker. It has a web GUI you can use to configure your mail server. This may be an option for people who value
digital sovereignty but don't want to get their hands dirty with config files. I only mention this as something you may
want to look into; I have never used Mailcow and cannot recommend it personally.
# Why this tutorial? # Why this tutorial?
There are many tutorials on the internet about how to set up a mail server. I don't claim that mine is particularly There are many tutorials on the internet about how to set up a mail server. I don't claim that mine is particularly