How to Install docker-mailserver on Windows 10

Introduction

Docker-mailserver is a mail server built using Docker. It's an excellent option for those who want to set up their mail server quickly and efficiently. However, not many know how to install docker-mailserver on Windows 10. This tutorial will guide you on how to do just that.

Requirements

To install docker-mailserver, you'll need the following:

• A system running Windows 10 with at least 4 GB of RAM.
• Docker Desktop installed on your system.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need to ensure that you have Docker Desktop installed and running on your system.

Step-by-Step Guide

Here's how you can install docker-mailserver on Windows 10:

1. Open up a command prompt or PowerShell terminal on your system.

2. Type the following command to download the latest docker-mailserver image:

docker pull docker.io/mailserver/docker-mailserver:latest

3. Once the download is complete, create a new folder to store the mailserver data. In this example, we'll use c:\mailserver. You can choose any directory you want.

mkdir c:\mailserver

4. Create the configuration files for docker-mailserver by running the following command:

docker run --rm mailserver/docker-mailserver:latest generate-dkim-config

This command will create a directory called config in the current directory.

5. Copy the config directory to the mail server data directory:

xcopy config c:\mailserver /E

6. In the same directory, create two more directories, queue and certs. These will store the mail server's queue and SSL certificates, respectively:

mkdir c:\mailserver\queue
mkdir c:\mailserver\certs

7. Now, run the following Docker command to start the mail server:

docker run -d \
    --name=mailserver \
    --restart=always \
    -v c:\mailserver\config:/tmp/docker-mailserver/config \
    -v c:\mailserver\queue:/var/mail \
    -v c:\mailserver\certs:/etc/ssl \
    -p 25:25 \
    -p 587:587 \
    -e ENABLE_SPAMASSASSIN=1 \
    -e ENABLE_CLAMAV=1 \
    mailserver/docker-mailserver:latest

This command will start the mail server and map ports 25 and 587 to the host.

Conclusion

That's it! You've successfully installed Docker-mailserver on Windows 10. You can now start configuring your server by editing the appropriate configuration files in the c:\mailserver\config directory.

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