Install and commission DBMail

Start here to install, upgrade and commission DBMail for IMAP and related services.

This installation guide starts with a simple install so you can get up and running quickly. There are many aspects to make working with email easier and there are install guides to facilitate this.

DBMail is a fully featured IMAP server running on Linux and Unix servers, it can be installed on a single physical machine, a virtual server or multiple servers for high availability. DBMail is highly scalable and configurable and can be reconfigured with little or no impact making it easy to scale up or down as required.

The services DBMail offers is an IMAP server for end users to manage their email, an LMTP server to receive emails and a SIEVE server so end users can automate their emails. There are various command line utilities for maintenance.

DBMail can be installed using your usual package manager, and there is an experimental docker container. If you prefer to build from source, please see https://dbmail.org/architecture/installing-dbmail/

Requirements

• A Unix or Linux server
• A supported database MySQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle

Optional requirements

• LDAP or Active Directory