holger krekel 1abdc407af feat: add LXC container support for local chatmail development
Add cmdeploy "lxc-test" command to run cmdeploy against local containers,
with supplementary lxc-start, lxc-stop and lxc-status subcommands.
See doc/source/lxc.rst for full documentation including prerequisites,
DNS setup, TLS handling, DNS-free testing, and known limitations.

Apart from adding lxc-specific docs, tests, and implementation files in the cmdeploy/lxc directory,
this PR adds the --ssh-config option to cmdeploy run/dns/status/test commands and pyinfra invocations,
and also to sshexec (Execnet) handling.  This allows for the host to need no DNS entries for a relay,
and route all resolution through ssh-config.  This is used by the "lxc-test" command, which performs
a completely local setup -- again, see docs for more details.

While working on DNS/SSH things i also unified all zone-file handling
to use actual BIND format as it is easy enough to parse back.
2026-03-08 23:40:37 +01:00
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2025-12-18 09:21:19 +01:00

Chatmail relays for end-to-end encrypted email

Chatmail relay servers are interoperable Mail Transport Agents (MTAs) designed for:

  • Zero State: no private data or metadata collected, messages are auto-deleted, low disk usage

  • Instant/Realtime: sub-second message delivery, realtime P2P streaming, privacy-preserving Push Notifications for Apple, Google, and Huawei;

  • Security Enforcement: only strict TLS, DKIM and OpenPGP with minimized metadata accepted

  • Reliable Federation and Decentralization: No spam or IP reputation checks, federating depends on established IETF standards and protocols.

This repository contains everything needed to setup a ready-to-use chatmail relay on an ssh-reachable host. For getting started and more information please refer to the web version of this repositories' documentation at

https://chatmail.at/doc/relay

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