holger krekel
2eb0ef5f9e
on doveauth.py being down, users would "AUTHENTIFICATIONFAILED"
while they now get:
IMAP failed to login as tovnlbmsz@_lua0.localchat: no response:
code: None, info: Some("[UNAVAILABLE] Temporary authentication
failure. [lua0-localchat:2026-09-01 11:00:17]")
Chatmail relays for end-to-end encrypted email
Chatmail relay servers are interoperable Mail Transport Agents (MTAs) designed for:
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Zero State: no private data or metadata collected, messages are auto-deleted, low disk usage
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Instant/Realtime: sub-second message delivery, realtime P2P streaming, privacy-preserving Push Notifications for Apple, Google, and Huawei;
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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.
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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