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The Box
The Box
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Mail-in-a-Box turns a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit machine into a working mail server, including:
Mail-in-a-Box turns a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit machine into a working mail server, including [SMTP](http://www.postfix.org/), [IMAP](http://dovecot.org/), [webmail](http://roundcube.net/), [spam filtering](https://spamassassin.apache.org/), [greylisting](http://postgrey.schweikert.ch/), DNS, [SPF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework), [DKIM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys_Identified_Mail), [DMARC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC), [DNSSEC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSSEC), [DANE TLSA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS-based_Authentication_of_Named_Entities), and basic system services like a firewall, intrusion protection, and setting the system clock.
* An [SMTP server](http://www.postfix.org/) for sending/receiving mail, with STARTTLS required to protect your password and [opportunistic TLS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunistic_encryption) to prevent mass surveillance.
* An [IMAP server](http://dovecot.org/) for checking your mail, with SSL/TLS required to protect your password.
*[Webmail](http://roundcube.net/) over HTTPS so you can check your email from any web browser.
*[Spam filtering](https://spamassassin.apache.org/) that puts spam into a spam folder and [greylisting](http://postgrey.schweikert.ch/) to stop spam as it arrives.
*[SPF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework), [DKIM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys_Identified_Mail), and [DMARC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC) to prove to recipients that your email was from you --- the machine acts as its own DNS nameserver to automatically set this up.
*[DNSSEC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSSEC) and [DANE TLSA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS-based_Authentication_of_Named_Entities) to force cryptographically-secure communications in certain cases, especially between Mail-in-a-Boxes, if you add "DS" records to your domain registration.
* A command-line tool and an HTTP-based API for administering mailboxes and mail aliases.
* Basic system services like a firewall, intrusion protection, and setting the system clock.
This setup is what has been powering my own personal email since September 2013.
This setup is what has been powering my own personal email since September 2013.
Please see the initial and very barebones [Documentation](docs/index.md) for more information on how to set up a Mail-in-a-Box. But in short, it's like this:
Please see [mailinabox.email](https://mailinabox.email) for more information and how to set up a Mail-in-a-Box.
In short, it's like this:
# do this on a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 only!
# do this on a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 only!
