This tutorial is going to show you how to quickly set up your own email server on Ubuntu 20.04 with Modoboa, which is a free and open-source mail hosting and management platform designed to work with Postfix SMTP server and Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server.
Modoboa is written in Python, released under the terms of ISC license. The latest version is v1.16.0, released on October 5, 2020. Main features of Modoboa are as follows:
- Modoboa by default uses Nginx web server to serve the webmail client and web-based admin panel.
- Compatible with Postfix and Dovecot.
- Support MySQL/MariaDB, or PostgreSQL database.
- Easily create unlimited mailboxes and unlimited mail domains in a web-based admin panel.
- Easily create email alias in the web-based admin panel.
- The webmail client provides an easy-to-use message filter to help you organize messages to different folders.
- It can help you protect your domain reputation by monitoring email blacklists and generating DMARC reports, so your emails have a better chance to land in the inbox instead of the spam folder.
- Includes amavis frontend to block spam and detect viruses in email.
- Calendar and address book.
- Integration with Let’s Encrypt.
- Includes AutoMX to allow end-users to easily configure mail account in a desktop or mobile mail client.
Read full tutorial here: https://www.linuxbabe.com/mail-server/modoboa-email-server-ubuntu-20-04
