Cyrus IMAP AlternativesMail Servers and other similar apps like Cyrus IMAP

Apps similar to Cyrus IMAP include Dovecot, which is free and open source. Other options are Courier IMAP, DBMail, Archiveopteryx and Magma. In total there are five Mail Servers like Cyrus IMAP for Linux, Mac and self-hosting.

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  1. Dovecot icon
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    Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind. Dovecot is an excellent choice for both small and large installations. It's fast, simple to set up, requires no special administration and it uses very...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  2. Courier IMAP icon
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    The Courier IMAP server is a fast, scalable, enterprise IMAP server that uses Maildirs. Many E-mail service providers use the Courier IMAP server to easy handle hundreds of thousands of mail accounts. With its built-in IMAP and POP3 aggregation proxy, the Courier IMAP server has...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. DBMail icon
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    DBMail is a fast, scalable IMAP4 and POP3 server that stores all email and users in a Postgresql, MySQL or SQLite database.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  4. Archiveopteryx is an Internet mail server, optimised to support long-term archival storage. It seeks to make it practical not only to manage large archives, but to use the information therein on a daily basis instead of relegating it to offline storage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. Magma icon
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    Magma is a fully-featured, commercial-grade email server with support for SMTP, POP3, IMAP, HTTP, and an internal protocol MOLTEN. Support for the DIME ecosystem of advanced encryption protocols is currently in active development. Originally created by Ladar Levison for lavabit.

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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