[kwlug-disc] Testing Stalwart email server: replacement for postfix / dovecot / etc.

[Ron]

Kirk Zurell via kwlug-disc wrote on 2026-02-15 06:10:

> Did you use any good guides or resources to stand it up or explore it?

Just the docs at

https://stalw.art/docs/

https://stalwart.email/docs/category/getting-started/

I went with the Docker container installation.


There's also a page where an AI bot combs through the source code to 
answer questions, but I can't find that link right now.

It's kinda handy though. Found it:

https://deepwiki.com/stalwartlabs/stalwart/6.1-build-system



The documentation is excellent - on par with Postfix & Dovecot 
documentation.

It's more pleasingly formatted and searchable, but like the others, 
seems to require some amount of expertise to understand ... and is 
required to understand to achieve some level of expertise.

Catch-22






> I'm using Mail-in-a-box, but the rumblings are that the maintainer wants 
> to sunset the project, so casting about for alternatives.

I can set you up with a test account so you can see it from a user's 
perspective, kick the tires, see if it's for you.