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Maddy Mail Server
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Maddy Mail Server | Self-hosted mail server; IMAP storage is beta | Free |
As maddy.email lists them, read 7 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from Maddy Mail Server's own pages
- Administration
- Maddy has no web interface for administration; administration is done through its CLI utility. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Composable server
- Maddy combines functionality that would otherwise be provided by Postfix, Dovecot, OpenDKIM, OpenSPF and OpenDMARC in one daemon. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The maker documents Linux installation options including a prebuilt amd64 tarball, Docker image, source build and Arch Linux packages. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Docker
- An official Docker image is available from Docker Hub and exposes standard SMTP, submission and IMAP ports. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Dovecot integration
- Maddy can use Dovecot as an external IMAP server and use its SASL authentication protocol for submission. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Email security protocols
- It implements DKIM, SPF, DMARC, DANE and MTA-STS protocols. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- IMAP status
- The maker describes IMAP storage as beta quality and suggests Dovecot for users who need a stable, feature-packed implementation. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Intended audience
- The setup guide presents Maddy as a way to set up a mail server for personal use and says any VPS can work for small configurations. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Maddy implements the functionality to send and receive email over SMTP and store messages with IMAP access. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Rspamd integration
- Maddy supports rspamd's HTTP protocol directly, without requiring a milter proxy. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Runtime requirements
- The FAQ says a small personal server needs about 1 GiB of RAM and disk space. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Security policy
- Outbound delivery security supports MTA-STS and DNSSEC for MX authentication and TLS enforcement using MTA-STS and DANE. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Spam filtering
- Maddy does not include a content spam filter, but can integrate with rspamd. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
- Webmail
- Maddy does not currently include webmail. · maddy.email, 7 Oct 2026
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