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Please consider a support contract for a small monthly fee at Servercow EN to support further development. We support you while you support us. :)

If you are super awesome and would like to support without a contract, you can get a SAL license that confirms your awesomeness (a flexible one-time payment) at Servercow EN.

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There are two ways to achieve support for your mailcow installation.

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For professional and prioritized commercial support you can sign a basic support subscription at Servercow EN. For custom inquiries or questions please contact us at info@servercow.de instead.

Furthermore we do also provide a fully featured and managed mailcow here. This way we take care about the technical magic underneath and you can enjoy your whole mail experience in a hassle-free way.

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The other alternative is our free community-support on our various channels below. Please notice, that this support is driven by our awesome community around mailcow. This kind of support is best-effort, voluntary and there is no guarantee for anything.

Telegram desktop clients are available for multiple platforms. You can search the groups history for keywords.

For bug tracking, feature requests and code contributions only:

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Since September 2022 we\u00b4re providing two seperate Demo instances:

Use the following credentials to login on both demos:

Success

The demo instances get the latest updates directly after releases from GitHub. Fully automatic, without any downtime!

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The integrated mailcow UI allows administrative work on your mail server instance as well as separated domain administrator and mailbox user access:

mailcow: dockerized comes with multiple containers linked in one bridged network. Each container represents a single application.

Warning

Mails are stored compressed and encrypted. The key pair can be found in crypt-vol-1. Be sure to backup this volume!

Docker volumes to keep dynamic data - take care of them!

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So you deleted a mailbox and have no backups, he?

If you noticed your mistake within a few hours, you can probably recover the users data.

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We automatically create daily backups (24h interval starting from running up -d) in /var/lib/docker/volumes/mailcowdockerized_sogo-userdata-backup-vol-1/_data/.

Make sure the user you want to restore exists in your mailcow. Re-create them if they are missing.

Copy the file named after the user you want to restore to __MAILCOW_DIRECTORY__/data/conf/sogo.

  1. Copy the backup: cp /var/lib/docker/volumes/mailcowdockerized_sogo-userdata-backup-vol-1/_data/restoreme@example.org __MAILCOW_DIRECTORY__/data/conf/sogo

  2. Run the following command:

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    docker compose exec -u sogo sogo-mailcow sogo-tool restore -F ALL /etc/sogo restoreme@example.org\n
    docker-compose exec -u sogo sogo-mailcow sogo-tool restore -F ALL /etc/sogo restoreme@example.org\n

    Run sogo-tool without parameters to check for possible restore options.

  3. Delete the copied backup by running rm __MAILCOW_DIRECTORY__/data/conf/sogo

  4. Restart SOGo and Memcached:

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docker compose restart sogo-mailcow memcached-mailcow\n
docker-compose restart sogo-mailcow memcached-mailcow\n
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In case of an accidental deletion of a mailbox, you will be able to recover for (by default) 5 days. This depends on the MAILDIR_GC_TIME parameter in mailcow.conf.

A deleted mailbox is copied in its encrypted form to /var/lib/docker/volumes/mailcowdockerized_vmail-vol-1/_data/_garbage.

The folder inside _garbage follows the structure [timestamp]_[domain_sanitized][user_sanitized], for example 1629109708_exampleorgtest in case of test@example.org deleted on 1629109708.

To restore make sure you are actually restoring to the same mailcow it was deleted from or you use the same encryption keys in crypt-vol-1.

Make sure the user you want to restore exists in your mailcow. Re-create them if they are missing.

Copy the folders from /var/lib/docker/volumes/mailcowdockerized_vmail-vol-1/_data/_garbage/[timestamp]_[domain_sanitized][user_sanitized] back to /var/lib/docker/volumes/mailcowdockerized_vmail-vol-1/_data/[domain]/[user] and resync the folder and recalc the quota:

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docker compose exec dovecot-mailcow doveadm force-resync -u restoreme@example.net '*'\ndocker compose exec dovecot-mailcow doveadm quota recalc -u restoreme@example.net\n
docker-compose exec dovecot-mailcow doveadm force-resync -u restoreme@example.net '*'\ndocker-compose exec dovecot-mailcow doveadm quota recalc -u restoreme@example.net\n
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You can use the provided script helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh to backup mailcow automatically.

Please do not copy this script to another location.

To run a backup, write \"backup\" as first parameter and either one or more components to backup as following parameters. You can also use \"all\" as second parameter to backup all components. Append --delete-days n to delete backups older than n days.

# Syntax:\n# ./helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup (vmail|crypt|redis|rspamd|postfix|mysql|all|--delete-days)\n\n# Backup all, delete backups older than 3 days\n./helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup all --delete-days 3\n\n# Backup vmail, crypt and mysql data, delete backups older than 30 days\n./helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup vmail crypt mysql --delete-days 30\n\n# Backup vmail\n./helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup vmail\n
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With the 2022-10 update it is possible to run the script with multithreading support. This can be used for backups as well as for restores.

To start the backup/restore with multithreading you have to add THREADS as an environment variable in front of the command to execute the script.

THREADS=14 /opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup all\n
The number after the = character indicates the number of threads. Please keep your core count -2 to leave enough CPU power for mailcow itself.

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The script will ask you for a backup location. Inside of this location it will create folders in the format \"mailcow_DATE\". You should not rename those folders to not break the restore process.

To run a backup unattended, define MAILCOW_BACKUP_LOCATION as environment variable before starting the script:

MAILCOW_BACKUP_LOCATION=/opt/backup /opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup all\n

Tip

Both variables mentioned above can also be combined! Ex:

MAILCOW_BACKUP_LOCATION=/opt/backup THREADS=14 /opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup all\n

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You can run the backup script regularly via cronjob. Make sure BACKUP_LOCATION exists:

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin\n5 4 * * * cd /opt/mailcow-dockerized/; MAILCOW_BACKUP_LOCATION=/mnt/mailcow_backups /opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup mysql crypt redis --delete-days 3\n

Per default cron sends the full result of each backup operation by email. If you want cron to only mail on error (non-zero exit code) you may want to use the following snippet. Pathes need to be modified according to your setup (this script is a user contribution).

This following script may be placed in /etc/cron.daily/mailcow-backup - do not forget to mark it as executable via chmod +x:

#!/bin/sh\n\n# Backup mailcow data\n# https://mailcow.github.io/mailcow-dockerized-docs/backup_restore/b_n_r-backup/\n\nset -e\n\nOUT=\"$(mktemp)\"\nexport MAILCOW_BACKUP_LOCATION=\"/opt/backup\"\nSCRIPT=\"/opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh\"\nPARAMETERS=\"backup all\"\nOPTIONS=\"--delete-days 30\"\n\n# run command\nset +e\n\"${SCRIPT}\" ${PARAMETERS} ${OPTIONS} 2>&1 > \"$OUT\"\nRESULT=$?\n\nif [ $RESULT -ne 0 ]\n    then\n            echo \"${SCRIPT} ${PARAMETERS} ${OPTIONS} encounters an error:\"\n            echo \"RESULT=$RESULT\"\n            echo \"STDOUT / STDERR:\"\n            cat \"$OUT\"\nfi\n
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Create the destination directory for mailcows helper script:

mkdir -p /external_share/backups/backup_script\n

Create cronjobs:

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin\n25 1 * * * rsync -aH --delete /opt/mailcow-dockerized /external_share/backups/mailcow-dockerized\n40 2 * * * rsync -aH --delete /var/lib/docker/volumes /external_share/backups/var_lib_docker_volumes\n5 4 * * * cd /opt/mailcow-dockerized/; BACKUP_LOCATION=/external_share/backups/backup_script /opt/mailcow-dockerized/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh backup mysql crypt redis --delete-days 3\n# If you want to, use the acl util to backup permissions of some/all folders/files: getfacl -Rn /path\n

On the destination (in this case /external_share/backups) you may want to have snapshot capabilities (ZFS, Btrfs etc.). Snapshot daily and keep for n days for a consistent backup. Do not rsync to a Samba share, you need to keep the correct permissions!

To restore you'd simply need to run rsync the other way round and restart Docker to re-read the volumes. Run:

docker compose (Plugin)docker-compose (Standalone)
docker compose pull\ndocker compose up -d\n
docker-compose pull\ndocker-compose up -d\n

If you are lucky Redis and MariaDB can automatically fix the inconsistent databases (if they are inconsistent). In case of a corrupted database you'd need to use the helper script to restore the inconsistent elements. If a restore fails, try to extract the backups and copy the files back manually. Keep the file permissions!

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This line backups the vmail directory to a file backup_vmail.tar.gz in the mailcow root directory:

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cd /path/to/mailcow-dockerized\ndocker run --rm -i -v $(docker inspect --format '{{ range .Mounts }}{{ if eq .Destination \"/var/vmail\" }}{{ .Name }}{{ end }}{{ end }}' $(docker compose ps -q dovecot-mailcow)):/vmail -v ${PWD}:/backup debian:bullseye-slim tar cvfz /backup/backup_vmail.tar.gz /vmail\n
cd /path/to/mailcow-dockerized\ndocker run --rm -i -v $(docker inspect --format '{{ range .Mounts }}{{ if eq .Destination \"/var/vmail\" }}{{ .Name }}{{ end }}{{ end }}' $(docker-compose ps -q dovecot-mailcow)):/vmail -v ${PWD}:/backup debian:bullseye-slim tar cvfz /backup/backup_vmail.tar.gz /vmail\n

You can change the path by adjusting ${PWD} (which equals to the current directory) to any path you have write-access to. Set the filename backup_vmail.tar.gz to any custom name, but leave the path as it is. Example: [...] tar cvfz /backup/my_own_filename_.tar.gz

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cd /path/to/mailcow-dockerized\ndocker run --rm -it -v $(docker inspect --format '{{ range .Mounts }}{{ if eq .Destination \"/var/vmail\" }}{{ .Name }}{{ end }}{{ end }}' $(docker compose ps -q dovecot-mailcow)):/vmail -v ${PWD}:/backup debian:bullseye-slim tar xvfz /backup/backup_vmail.tar.gz\n
cd /path/to/mailcow-dockerized\ndocker run --rm -it -v $(docker inspect --format '{{ range .Mounts }}{{ if eq .Destination \"/var/vmail\" }}{{ .Name }}{{ end }}{{ end }}' $(docker-compose ps -q dovecot-mailcow)):/vmail -v ${PWD}:/backup debian:bullseye-slim tar xvfz /backup/backup_vmail.tar.gz\n
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cd /path/to/mailcow-dockerized\nsource mailcow.conf\nDATE=$(date +\"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S\")\ndocker compose exec -T mysql-mailcow mysqldump --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -u${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} > backup_${DBNAME}_${DATE}.sql\n
cd /path/to/mailcow-dockerized\nsource mailcow.conf\nDATE=$(date +\"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S\")\ndocker-compose exec -T mysql-mailcow mysqldump --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -u${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} > backup_${DBNAME}_${DATE}.sql\n
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Warning

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You should redirect the SQL dump without docker compose to prevent parsing errors.

You should redirect the SQL dump without docker-compose to prevent parsing errors.

cd /path/to/mailcow-dockerized\nsource mailcow.conf\ndocker exec -i $(docker compose ps -q mysql-mailcow) mysql -u${DBUSER} -p${DBPASS} ${DBNAME} < backup_file.sql\n
"},{"location":"backup_restore/b_n_r-coldstandby/","title":"Cold-standby backup","text":"

mailcow offers an easy way to create a consistent copy of itself to be rsync'ed to a remote location without downtime.

This may also be used to transfer your mailcow to a new server.

"},{"location":"backup_restore/b_n_r-coldstandby/#you-should-know","title":"You should know","text":"

The provided script will work on default installations.

It may break when you use unsupported volume overrides. We don't support that and we will not include hacks to support that. Please run and maintain a fork if you plan to keep your changes.

The script will use the same paths as your default mailcow installation. That is the mailcow base directory - for most users /opt/mailcow-dockerized - as well as the mountpoints.

To find the paths of your source volumes we use docker inspect and read the destination directory of every volume related to your mailcow compose project. This means we will also transfer volumes you may have added in an override file. Local bind mounts may or may not work.

The script uses rsync with the --delete flag. The destination will be an exact copy of the source.

mariabackup is used to create a consistent copy of the SQL data directory.

After rsync'ing the data we will run the command below (depending on your set docker compose type in mailcow.conf) and remove old image tags from the destination:

docker compose (Plugin)docker-compose (Standalone)
docker compose pull\n
docker-compose pull\n

Your source will not be changed at any time.

You may want to make sure to use the same /etc/docker/daemon.json on the remote target.

You should not run disk snapshots (e.g. via ZFS, LVM etc.) on the target at the very same time as this script is run.

Versioning is not part of this script, we rely on the destination (snapshots or backups). You may also want to use any other tool for that.

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You will need an SSH-enabled destination and a keyfile to connect to said destination. The key should not be protected by a password for the script to work unattended.

In your mailcow base directory, e.g. /opt/mailcow-dockerized you will find a file create_cold_standby.sh.

Edit this file and change the exported variables:

export REMOTE_SSH_KEY=/path/to/keyfile\nexport REMOTE_SSH_PORT=22\nexport REMOTE_SSH_HOST=mailcow-backup.host.name\n

The key must be owned and readable by root only.

Both the source and destination require rsync >= v3.1.0. The destination must have Docker and docker compose v2 available.

The script will detect errors automatically and exit.

You may want to test the connection by running ssh mailcow-backup.host.name -p22 -i /path/to/keyfile.

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Run the first backup, this may take a while depending on the connection:

bash /opt/mailcow-dockerized/create_cold_standby.sh\n

That was easy, wasn't it?

Updating your cold-standby is just as easy:

bash /opt/mailcow-dockerized/create_cold_standby.sh\n

It's the same command.

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First make sure that the cron service is enabled and running:

systemctl enable cron.service && systemctl start cron.service\n

To automate the backups to the cold-standby server you can use a cron job. To edit the cron jobs for the root user run:

crontab -e\n

Add the following lines to synchronize the cold standby server daily at 03:00. In this example errors of the last execution are logged into a file.

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin\n\n0 3 * * * bash /opt/mailcow-dockerized/create_cold_standby.sh 2> /var/log/mailcow-coldstandby-sync.log\n

If saved correctly, the cron job should be shown by typing:

crontab -l\n
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Please do not copy this script to another location.

To run a restore, start mailcow, use the script with \"restore\" as first parameter.

# Syntax:\n# ./helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh restore\n

The script will ask you for a backup location containing the mailcow_DATE folders.

"},{"location":"client/client-android/","title":"Android","text":"
  1. Open the Email app.
  2. If this is your first email account, tap Add Account; if not, tap More and Settings and then Add account.
  3. Select Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.
  4. Enter your email address () and password.
  5. Tap Sign in.
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Email, contacts and calendars can be configured automatically on Apple devices by installing a profile. To download a profile you must login to the mailcow UI first.

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This method configures IMAP, CardDAV and CalDAV.

  1. Download and open the file from https://${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}/mobileconfig.phpmailcow.mobileconfig.
  2. Enter the unlock code (iPhone) or computer password (Mac).
  3. Enter your email password three times when prompted.
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This method configures IMAP and SMTP only.

  1. Download and open the file from https://${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}/mobileconfig.php?only_emailmailcow.mobileconfig.
  2. Enter the unlock code (iPhone) or computer password (Mac).
  3. Enter your email password when prompted.
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On iOS, Exchange ActiveSync is also supported as an alternative to the procedure above. It has the advantage of supporting push email (i.e. you are immediately notified of incoming messages), but has some limitations, e.g. it does not support more than three email addresses per contact in your address book. Follow the steps below if you decide to use Exchange instead.

  1. Open the Settings app, tap Mail, tap Accounts, tap Add Acccount, select Exchange.
  2. Enter your email address () and tap Next.
  3. Enter your password, tap Next again.
  4. Finally, tap Save.
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  1. Launch eM Client.
  2. If this is the first time you launched eM Client, it asks you to set up your account. Proceed to step 4.
  3. Go to Menu at the top, select Tools and Accounts.
  4. Enter your email address () and click Start Now.
  5. Enter your password and click Continue.
  6. Enter your name () and click Next.
  7. Click Finish.
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  1. Launch Kontact.
  2. If this is the first time you launched Kontact or KMail, it asks you to set up your account. Proceed to step 4.
  3. Go to Mail in the sidebar. Go to the Tools menu and select Account Wizard.
  4. Enter your name (), email address () and your password. Click Next.
  5. Click Create Account. If prompted, re-enter your password and click OK.
  6. Close the window by clicking Finish.
  7. Go to Calendar in the sidebar.
  8. Go to the Settings menu and select Configure KOrganizer.
  9. Go to the Calendars tab and click the Add button.
  10. Choose DAV groupware resource and click OK.
  11. Enter your email address () and your password. Click Next.
  12. Select ScalableOGo from the dropdown menu and click Next.
  13. Enter your mailcow hostname into the Host field and click Next.
  14. Click Test Connection and then Finish. Finally, click OK twice.

Once you have set up Kontact, you can also use KMail, KOrganizer and KAddressBook individually.

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These instructions are valid for unchanged port bindings only!

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Please use the \"plain\" password setting as the authentication mechanism. Contrary to what the name implies, the password will not be transferred to the server in plain text as no authentication is allowed to take place without TLS.

"},{"location":"client/client-manual/#contacts-and-calendars","title":"Contacts and calendars","text":"

SOGos default calendar (CalDAV) and contacts (CardDAV) URLs:

  1. CalDAV https://mail.example.com/SOGo/dav/user@example.com/Calendar/personal/https:///SOGo/dav//Calendar/personal/

  2. CardDAV https://mail.example.com/SOGo/dav/user@example.com/Contacts/personal/https:///SOGo/dav//Contacts/personal/

Some applications may require you to use https://mail.example.com/SOGo/dav/https:///SOGo/dav/ or the full path to your calendar, which can be found and copied from within SOGo.

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  1. Download and install Outlook CalDav Synchronizer.
  2. Launch Outlook.
  3. If this is the first time you launched Outlook, it asks you to set up your account. Proceed to step 5.
  4. Go to the File menu and click Add Account.
  5. Enter your name (), email address () and your password. Click Next.
  6. Click Finish.
  7. Go to the CalDav Synchronizer ribbon and click Synchronization Profiles.
  8. Click the second button at top (Add multiple profiles), select Sogo, click Ok.
  9. Click the Get IMAP/POP3 account settings button.
  10. Click Discover resources and assign to Outlook folders.
  11. In the Select Resource window that pops up, select your main calendar (usually Personal Calendar), click the ... button, assign it to Calendar, and click OK. Go to the Address Books and Tasks tabs and repeat repeat the process accordingly. Do not assign multiple calendars, address books or task lists!
  12. Close all windows with the OK buttons.
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This is only applicable if your server administrator has not disabled EAS for Outlook. If it is disabled, please follow the guide for Outlook 2007 instead.

Outlook 2016 has an issue with autodiscover. Only Outlook from Office 365 is affected. If you installed Outlook from another source, please follow the guide for Outlook 2013 or higher.

For EAS you must use the old assistant by launching C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16\\OLCFG.EXE. If this application opens, you can go to step 4 of the guide for Outlook 2013 below.

If it does not open, you can completely disable the new account creation wizard and follow the guide for Outlook 2013 below.

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This is only applicable if your server administrator has not disabled EAS for Outlook. If it is disabled, please follow the guide for Outlook 2007 instead.

  1. Launch Outlook.
  2. If this is the first time you launched Outlook, it asks you to set up your account. Proceed to step 4.
  3. Go to the File menu and click Add Account.
  4. Enter your name (), email address () and your password. Click Next.
  5. When prompted, enter your password again, check Remember my credentials and click OK.
  6. Click the Allow button.
  7. Click Finish.
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The Mac version of Outlook does not synchronize calendars and contacts and therefore is not supported.

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  1. Launch Thunderbird.
  2. If this is the first time you launched Thunderbird, it asks you whether you would like a new email address. Click Skip this and use my existing email and proceed to step 4.
  3. Go to the File menu and select New, Existing Mail Account....
  4. Enter your name (), email address () and your password. Make sure the Remember password checkbox is selected and click Continue.
  5. Once the configuration has been automatically detected, make sure IMAP is selected and click Done.
  6. To use your contacts from the server, click on the arrow next to \"Address Books\" and click the Connect button on each address book you would like to use.
  7. To use your calendars from the server, click on the arrow next to \"Calendars\" and click the Connect button on each calendar you would like to use.
  8. (Optional) If you want Thunderbird to sync all subfolders, go to the Account Settings menu and select Server Settings. In the Server Settings tab, click on the Advanced button. In the Advanced Account Settings window, uncheck the \"Show only subscribed folders\" checkbox. Click OK to save the changes.
  9. Click Finish to close the Account Setup window.
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Windows 8 and higher support email, contacts and calendar via Exchange ActiveSync.

  1. Open the Mail app.
  2. If you have not previously used Mail, you can click Add Account in the main window. Proceed to step 4.
  3. Click Accounts in the sidebar on the left, then click Add Account on the far right.
  4. Select Exchange.
  5. Enter your email address () and click Next.
  6. Enter your password and click Log in.

Once you have set up the Mail app, you can also use the People and Calendar apps.

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mailcow supports a variety of email clients, both on desktop computers and on smartphones. Below, you can find a number of configuration guides that explain how to configure your mailcow account.

Tip

If you access this page by logging into your mailcow server and clicking the \"Show configuration guides for email clients and smartphones\" link, all of the guides will be personalized with your email address and server name.

Success

Since you accessed this page after logging into your mailcow server, all of the guides have been personalized with your email address and server name. "},{"location":"i_u_m/i_u_m_deinstall/","title":"Deinstallation","text":"

To remove mailcow: dockerized with all it's volumes, images and containers do:

docker compose (Plugin)docker-compose (Standalone)
docker compose down -v --rmi all --remove-orphans\n
docker-compose down -v --rmi all --remove-orphans\n

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