Jagoda Estera Ślązak 21b4c0d1a8 feat(transport): Remote delivery over SMTP (#104)
Implements a new mode "transport",
that allows filtermail to be used for
remote delivery.

In transport mode, filtermail listens for LMTP
connections, splits messages by domain
and performs delivery to remote MTAs over SMTP.

SMTP client tries to open socket on all resolved
addresses in parallel and uses one that succeeds
the first, fixing the issue described in:
chatmail/relay#900

Extends the built-in SMTP client
with STARTTLS support.

Extends the built-in SMTP server
with LMTP greeting support.

Groundwork required for mxdeliv endpoint
(HTTP channel for MTA-to-MTA communication):
chatmail/relay#900

Signed-off-by: Jagoda Ślązak <jslazak@jslazak.com>
2026-08-18 12:21:28 +02:00
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 connections with strict TLS are accepted; all messages must be correctly signed with DKIM and OpenPGP-encrypted with minimized metadata. There are experimental exceptions for no-DNS relays, which are allowed use self-signed TLS certificates and which do not need to DKIM-sign their messages. Unencrypted messages are allowed in neither case.

  • 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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