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Is there a selfhosted webmail client or solution that downloads and stores emails locally? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Redux28@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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Hello all, i am not sure if plain webmail is the right category for what i'm looking for.

I already have a mail server running in a hosting VPS that has been running for years and handles sending and receiving emails without issues or being flagged as spam, what I'm trying to accomplish is:

  • Handling the storage of very old and large mailboxes (imap 20gb+) to my local server since my VPS is runing out of space.
  • Continue using the VPS email server to receive/send emails. Since i'm not at all interested in selfhosting the email server and dealing with all those issues.
  • Multiuser since several family members have the same issue.
  • Selfhosted so we can check/send email from any device/mobile.

Something that works similar (but obviously not selfhosted) is adding a POP3 account to Gmail/Outlook/etc and then adding the "send mail as" SMTP credentials of the server. I would like to replicate the same but selfhosted if possible.

Is there anything that works like this?

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[-] Jesswade@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

To manage large email accounts on Xplornet without the need for additional server space for old emails (20GB+), you can set up a self-hosted IMAP archiving solution, like Dovecot, on your own server. This allows you to archive older emails locally while still using Xplornet's webmail system for sending and receiving messages. If multiple users need access, you can deploy a webmail solution like Roundcube or Rainloop. This setup enables you and your family to access archived emails and compose new ones using their SMTP credentials, similar to how Gmail or Outlook handle POP3 accounts. This way, you can maintain email accounts on Xplornet while archiving emails efficiently.

this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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