4 ms·
Even though I sold mailcow and stopped working on it in the past months, it warms my heart SO MUCH to see people using it. :) Really, thank you. I have some id
by apeters 4y ago
Even though I sold mailcow and stopped working on it in the past months, it warms my heart SO MUCH to see people using it. :) Really, thank you.
I have some ideas for a proper successor which would be much more scaleable, modern, flexible and would be more focused to use existing transports for piggybacking mail. A fully and safely encrypted mail storage as well as a cool interface to invite for encrypted sessions etc.
Smtpd and imapd using modern Python modules.
—
Providers found out it was easier to block private senders instead of developing good filtering mechanisms. I kind of understand this decision, but spammers simply abuse services like Sendgrid or create spam accounts on MS.
So… nothing really changed in regards of spam. We just lose actually *wanted* mails or have to look into the Junk folders more often, all while newsletters get on the priority lane.
That makes me unsure about developing anything in this regard. :(
André
- ralgozino 4y agoHi Andrè! I just wanted to thank you for mailcow! We used it a few years ago at my previous job to getting a new domain up & running and got a porfessional, best-practices-configured email server in no time. Great experience also for day 2 operations! Nothing like the other mail solutions available at that time. Wishing you the best in your next endeavors!
- apeters 4y agoThank you! :)
- tsujamin 4y agoI absolutely _loved_ mailcow. Worked out of the box way better than my hand rolled solution, and ended up using it for some small orgs too. Thanks for all your work on it!
- apeters 4y agoThank you very much. :)
- pmontra 4y agoTo the new owners: I googled mailcow, got to the web site and found nothing to explain what it is, not even in the docs. Eventually I noticed the "People also ask" section in the Google results page: > What is Mailcow? > fully managed by Elestio. Mailcow is a Docker-based email server, based on Dovecot, Postfix and other open-source software, that provides a modern web UI for administration. Hopefully this is correct but who knows.
- apeters 4y agoHi, it is now owned by tinc.gmbh I sold it on 04/2021
- cientifico 4y agoHi André. First of all, thanks. I used hosted my own email 20 years ago, and when I saw how easy it was with mailcow, I decided to try again. Looking forward to the mailcow successor. Is there anything up already? Cheers.
- 3r8riacz 4y agoWait, what? Was mailcow sold? What does it mean for future development and features? Should we start to look for an alternative?