nixos-mailserver/README.md

nixos-mailserver

Work in progress...

How to Test

You can test the setup via nixops. After installation, do

nixops create nixops/single-server.nix nixops/vbox.nix -d mail
nixops deploy -d mail
nixops info -d mail

You can then test the server via e.g. telnet. To log into it, use

nixops ssh -d mail mailserver

A Complete Mail Server Without Moving Parts

Used Technologies

• Nixos
• Nixpkgs
• Dovecot
• Postfix
• Rmilter
• Rspamd
• Clamav
• Opendkim
• Pam

Features

• one domain
• unlimited mail accounts
• unlimited aliases for every mail account
• spam and virus checking
• dkim signing of outgoing emails
• imap (optionally pop3)
• startTLS

Nonfeatures

• moving parts
• SQL databases
• configurations that need to be made after nixos-rebuild switch
• complicated storage schemes
• webclients / http-servers