nixos-mailserver/README.md
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# nixos-mailserver
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## Work in progress...
### What works and what is missing for first release
* Postfix
- [x] starts
- [x] receive email on port 25
- [x] receive email on submission port 587
- [x] lmtp with dovecot
* Dovecot
- [x] lmtp with postfix
- [x] creates maildir folders, saves mails
- [x] imap retrieval
- [x] pop3 retrieval
* Certificates
- [x] manual certificates
- [x] on the fly creation
- [ ] TODO: Let's Encrypt
* Spam Filtering
- [x] scans emails
- [ ] Dovecot moves spam to spam folder (to check)
* Virus Scanning
- [ ] TODO: Implement
* DKIM Signing
- [ ] TODO: Implement
* User Management
- [x] Creates Users
- [x] Set Passwords in config file
### 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
## Ideas for future releases
* Fine grained control over ownership of aliases
* More than one domain