Mailcow is a self-hosted email solution that provides all the features required for managing emails effectively. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Mailcow on Arch Linux.
Before proceeding with the installation process, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
Follow these steps to install Mailcow on Arch Linux:
First, clone the Mailcow repository to your system using the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized.git
Next, navigate to the cloned directory and edit the .env file to configure Mailcow's environment variables. The .env file contains all the environment variables required to run Mailcow.
$ cd mailcow-dockerized
$ nano .env
Update the file with the necessary environment variables.
Once you have customized the environment variables, run the following command to run Docker Compose:
$ docker-compose up -d
This command will download and install all necessary Mailcow components and launch them in Docker containers.
After the installation is complete, you can verify it by running the following command:
$ docker-compose ps
This command will display a list of active Mailcow containers.
You can now access Mailcow by navigating to http://
In this tutorial, we have covered the steps required to install Mailcow on Arch Linux. After the installation, you can now start using Mailcow to manage your emails.
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