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Mailu vs poste.io

Mailu

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FigureMailuposte.io
Price fromFree$29.08/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
LinuxYesYes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published13
Spec score · Email Server Software7.9 (#13)8.0 (#10)
Spec score · Mail Server Software7.9 (#18)8.0 (#13)
AdministrationAdmin features include global administrators, announcements, per-domain delegation, and quotas.The product includes web administration, a REST API, mailbox quotas, and per-mailbox settings.
Founded20142014
IntegrationsThe documentation describes Nextcloud authentication through IMAP and calendar and address-book access through Radicale using WebDAV/CardDAV/CalDAV clients.The documentation describes an Elasticsearch integration for PRO log viewing and names Uptime Kuma, Prometheus, and Grafana as external monitoring systems that can use its monitoring API.
ProductMailu is a free software mail server distributed as a set of Docker images.Poste.io is a self-hosted email server with web administration, webmail, spam protection, and mail server components in one Docker container.
SecurityListed security features include enforced TLS, DANE, MTA-STS, Let's Encrypt, outgoing DKIM, antivirus scanning, and blocking malicious attachments.The feature page states that TLS is used on every protocol, passwords use salted SHA512, and SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and SRS are supported.
SupportThe project directs simple questions to its Matrix room, complex questions to GitHub discussions, and bug reports to GitHub issues; it describes itself as mostly developed in contributors' free time.The pricing page includes email support with PRO and PRO+, while FREE is marked as not including it.

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  • MailuFree

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  • FREEFree
  • PRO$349 a year
  • PRO+$1,239 a year

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