[kwlug-disc] Stalwart email server software: anyone know anything?

[Chris Irwin]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 02:00:49AM -0800, Ron wrote:
>Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc wrote on 2026-01-12 18:48:
>
>>Not sure if the AIO does more, but Nextcloud itself only provides
>>DAV services, it doesn't provide mail hosting.
>
>The AIO does not have email hosting. But it does have a lot of nice 
>features like Nextcloud Office, and a working Whiteboard container out 
>of the box.
>
>I've come around on AIO vs maintaining everything; I'll choose AIO 
>from now on.

I'm only hosting the individual Nextcloud container, and it's been fine. 
No office suite integration or anything.

But I get where you're coming from. I migrated to the Home Assistant OS 
from my previously working plain-old container, so as to allow it to 
manage it's own integrations.

>>But I'm not using it's CardDav/CalDav features at all.
>
>They're kind of a killer feature (one of many) of NextCloud - phone,
>desktop, laptop, etc. sharing contacts and calendars is essential and
>it's nice to be self-hosted.

Ditto here, I just use the Card/CalDav features from my email provider. 

I do have local backups of everything, just in case:

     * mbsync for a complete local maildir that I use with mutt
     * vdirsyncer for local card/cal dumps I use with khard & khal


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