Self-hosted email server for 2026 – single binary, CalDAV

What it does

Self-hosted personal email server with IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV/CardDAV. Privacy-focused alternative to Gmail/Outlook. Features: auto-TLS, DKIM/SPF/DMARC, greylisting, Prometheus metrics, audit logging. - fenilsonani/email-server

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