--- title: How To Set Up A Mailserver Within A Docker Swarm | daily.dev description: Learn how to set up a mail server within a Docker Swarm environment. Discover an alternative to the docker-mailserver and find out how to configure... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-mailserver-within-a-docker-swarm-kvmyw7pem twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How To Set Up A Mailserver Within A Docker Swarm | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to set up a mail server within a Docker Swarm environment. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@paulknulst** · 0 upvotes > very outdated this one. but i am working on a new one using mailcow as email server --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#docker-swarm](https://daily.dev/tags/docker-swarm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-mailserver-within-a-docker-swarm-kvmyw7pem) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How To Set Up A Mailserver Within A Docker Swarm","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-mailserver-within-a-docker-swarm-kvmyw7pem","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-mailserver-within-a-docker-swarm-kvmyw7pem"},"datePublished":"2024-01-20T13:35:23.965Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z","description":"Learn how to set up a mail server within a Docker Swarm environment. 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