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<h1>Mail-in-a-Box</h1>
<p id="deck">Take back control of your email with this easy-to-deploy mail server in a box.</p>
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<pre class="vagrant">sudo apt-get install vagrant git
git clone <a href="https://github.com/joshdata/mailinabox">https://github.com/joshdata/mailinabox</a>
cd mailinabox
vagrant up
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sudo management/whats_next.py</pre>
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<p>You will need:</p>
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<li>A domain name.</li>
<li>A <i>completely</i> fresh Ubuntu 14.04 machine, e.g. from <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/">Digital Ocean</a> (please read the <a href="guide.html">setup guide</a> for details).</li>
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<p>Log into your competely fresh Ubuntu machine using SSH, then type:</p>
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<pre class="deploy hidden">sudo apt-get install git</span>
git clone <a href="https://github.com/joshdata/mailinabox">https://github.com/joshdata/mailinabox</a>
cd mailinabox
sudo setup/start.sh</pre>
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<p>You will be asked to enter the email address you want and a few other configuration questions.</p>
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<p>Consult the <a href="guide.html">setup guide</a> for further details. Or visit <code>https://yourdomain.com/mail</code> to start emailing.</p>
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<p class="text-danger small" style="margin-top: 2em;">Note: This is a work in progress. I work on Mail-in-a-Box in my limited free time. Your mileage may vary.</p>
<h2>Why build this?</h2>
<p>Mass electronic surveillance by governments revealed over the last year has spurred a new movement to <a href="http://redecentralize.org/">re-decentralize the web</a>: to empower individuals to be their own service providers again.</p>
<p>Although the core protocol of email, <a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc821.html">SMTP</a>, is completely decentralized, in practice email has become highly centralized because it is so damn difficult to implement the dozens of modern protocols that surround it. </p>
<p>Mail-in-a-Box turns a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit machine into a working mail server including all of the components listed <span class="hidden-xs">on the left</span><span class="hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg">below</span>.</p>
<h2>Getting started</h2>
<p>For <strong>instructions</strong> for getting up and running, please read the <a href="guide.html">setup guide</a>.</p>
<p>If you need <strong>help</strong>, please <a href="https://discourse.mailinabox.email/">ask on the forum</a>. If you think you have found a problem in Mail-in-a-Box or don’t get a response on the forum, then <a href="https://github.com/joshdata/mailinabox/issues">open an issue on github</a>.</p>
<p>We’ll announce <strong>updates</strong> at <a href="https://twitter.com/mailinabox">@Mailinabox</a> on Twitter.</p>
<h2>My goals</h2>
<p>I want to...</p>
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<li>Make deploying a good mail server easy.</li>
<li>Promote <a href="http://redecentralize.org/">decentralization</a>, innovation, and privacy on the web.</li>
<li>Have automated, auditable, and <a href="http://sharknet.us/2014/02/01/automated-configuration-management-challenges-with-idempotency/">idempotent</a> system configuration.</li>
<li><strong>Not</strong> build a mail server that the NSA cannot hack.</li>
<li><strong>Not</strong> be endlessly customizable by power users.</li>
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<p>Who am I? I'm <a href="http://razor.occams.info">@JoshData</a>. I’ve been running my own mail server for 15 years and am tired of feeling like the last hold-out. So join me.</p>
<h2>Development</h2>
<p>Development takes place on github at <a href="https://github.com/joshdata/mailinabox">https://github.com/joshdata/mailinabox</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you to the contributors!</p>
<p>Mail-in-a-Box is dedicated to the public domain using <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">CC0</a>.</p>
<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
<p>This project was inspired in part by the <a href="http://sealedabstract.com/code/nsa-proof-your-e-mail-in-2-hours/">"NSA-proof your email in 2 hours"</a> blog post by Drew Crawford, <a href="https://github.com/al3x/sovereign">Sovereign</a> by Alex Payne, and conversations with <a href="https://twitter.com/shevski" target="_blank">@shevski</a>, <a href="https://github.com/konklone" target="_blank">@konklone</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/gregelin" target="_blank">@GregElin</a>.</p>
<p>Mail-in-a-Box is similar to <a href="http://www.iredmail.org/">iRedMail</a>.</p>
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<h2>Inside Every Box . . .</h2>
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<li data-title="SMTP" data-content="SMTP is the core protocol of email. Mail servers talk in SMTP, and when you send off a new email you connect to your box using SMTP."><a href="http://www.postfix.org/">SMTP</a></li>
<li data-title="IMAP" data-content="IMAP is the protocol you'll use to connect to your box to see if you have new mail."><a href="http://dovecot.org/">IMAP</a></li>
<li data-title="Webmail" data-content="Check your email from your browser from anywhere. We use the open source Roundcube Webmail project."><a href="http://roundcube.net/">Webmail</a></li>
<li>Your log-in to your box is always encrypted over TLS/HTTPS.</li>
<li data-title="Spam Filtering" data-content="Spamassassin and IP address blacklists protect you from spam."><a href="https://spamassassin.apache.org/">Spam filtering</a></li>
<li data-title="Greylisting" data-content="Greylisting cuts down on spam by soft-rejecting mail the first time it arrives. All compliant SMTP servers re-send the mail after a few minutes. Spammers don't usually bother trying again."><a href="http://postgrey.schweikert.ch/">Greylisting</a></li>
<li data-title="WWW" data-content="Upload static files to the box to host your own homepage too.">Website (static pages)</li>
<li>The box is also a DNS server and it manages five DNS protocols for you:</li>
<li data-title="Email Identity" data-content="Your box sets up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC for you. These DNS-based protocols tell recipients of your mail that you were definitely the sender."><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework">SPF</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys_Identified_Mail">DKIM</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC">DMARC</a></li>
<li data-title="Secure DNS and TLSA" data-content="When enabled, DNSSEC provides a higher level of protection against active attacks. DANE TLSA guarantees that mail sent between two Mail-in-a-Boxes will be encrypted."><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSSEC">DNSSEC</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS-based_Authentication_of_Named_Entities">DANE TLSA</a></li>
<li data-title="Opportunistic Encryption" data-content="As a protection against passive surveillance, your mail will be encrypted in transit when communicating with other SMTP servers that support opportunistic TLS."><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunistic_encryption">Opportunistic TLS</a></li>
<li data-title="Cryptography Settings" data-content="Settings are tweaked for strong ciphers, the right protocols, and HSTS. Privacy sensitive mail headers in your outgoing email are stripped."><a href="https://gist.github.com/konklone/6532544">Other Good Crypto Settings</a></li>
<li>A command-line tool and an HTTP-based API for administering mailboxes and mail aliases.</li>
<li>As Mail-in-a-Box improves, you can update your machine in just a few minutes. No need to re-install from scratch.</li>
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