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Owner, 2026-10-18: "Надо почистить документы от устаревшего и сделанного."

- Deleted, shipped: plans/delivery-log-storage, from-header-binding,
  inbound-antispam-panel, inbound-upstream-result, panel-dkim-signing,
  panel-notifications, and the own-mta-builds analysis (its three rows
  shipped as 2.6.1, 2.7.0, 2.8.0). What outlived them moved first: when a
  filter-list counter is worth a migration, and the notifications' "when"
  table, into architecture.md; the sender check's own-process trigger into
  security.md. Code comments that cited them point at architecture.md or
  security.md; CHANGELOG keeps their names, unlinked.
- Kept, marked closed: audit-2026-10-12, assumptions-2026-10-14 and
  security-audit-2026-10-17 - the code cites their finding ids in 50-84
  files. Their file:line refs are of the tree each audited.
- roadmap.md: open work only - stage H of the security audit (the owner's),
  go-milter-upstream (the owner posts), and queue-table, which the
  redesign left undecided and only its own shipped section still named;
  Dropped and Ideas as they were. 2.x versioning instead of 1.x.
- development.md: the 47-row planned-version-cuts table (history, in the
  CHANGELOG) gone; a stage's last step now removes its roadmap item and
  plan. Docs map lists the closed audits.
- panel-redesign.md: the done checklist out; Room for roadmap items says
  which drawn screens are unbuilt and why.
- Stale facts fixed: schema-migrations.md and architecture.md at schema 14
  (0013's users columns and user_links, 0014's secure TLS mode);
  security.md's accepted risk "profile saved without the password" - the
  e-mail asks for it since 2.14.0.

Tests: go build, go vet; go test of cmd and the touched internal packages
pass except logtail's three Windows-bound rotation tests (rename of an open
file; CI is Linux). Only comments changed in Go.

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<p align="center">
<img src="docs/assets/selfpost-stamp.svg" alt="SelfPost" width="440">
</p>
# SelfPost
Self-hosted SMTP relay with a web panel — one Docker image, no provider.
Postfix and a small Go panel, which also signs outgoing mail with DKIM, run
together under `supervisord`; you configure domains, DKIM keys, and SASL
applications once, then point your apps at the SMTP endpoint.
SelfPost sends mail straight to the internet from **your own IP**, with
per-domain DKIM signing. No mailboxes or webmail. An optional inbound relay
(backup-MX / forwarder on port 25) forwards to an upstream; it does not store
mail.
**For:** operators who run their own VPS or home server and want a simple relay
they control, without a third-party SMTP provider.
**Key properties:** one container, multi-domain DKIM, SASL per application,
send log and DNS checks in the panel, encrypted backups.
## Features
- Outbound SMTP (465/smtps; optional 587 submission) with per-domain DKIM signing
- Optional inbound relay on port 25 (backup-MX / forwarder; off by default)
- Optional DMARC aggregate report ingest on port 25 (off by default)
- In-panel Help: a page of topics, opened from the `?` in the head of a box
- Per-application client IP allow-list for submitting mail (optional; refused at MAIL FROM, not an authentication boundary)
- Web panel grouped by mail direction — Overview, Outbound (domains, log, queue, DMARC reports), Inbound, Server (health, system log, backup, users, settings)
- Multi-domain relay — each SASL application is bound to one sending domain
- DNS status checks (PTR, SPF, DKIM, DMARC) with in-panel re-check
- Two-level rate limiting — IP backstop (Postfix), per-domain ceilings, and per-application overrides
- Full-server backup and single-domain export/import (optional password encryption)
- Single Docker image; production data in a `./data` bind mount (the quick start below uses a named Docker volume instead)
## Documentation
| Document | Contents |
|---|---|
| [**Operator guide**](docs/guide.md) | Reverse proxy, environment variables, DNS, IP warmup, panel operations, rate limiting, backup/restore, ports, image tag |
| [Product boundaries](docs/product.md) | Purpose, deployment assumptions, out-of-scope items, multi-domain model |
| [Architecture](docs/architecture.md) | As-built technical design |
| [Security design](docs/security.md) | Mandatory requirements, accepted risks, the CSRF ADR |
| [Development](docs/development.md) | Building, testing, docs rules, model routing, commits |
| [Roadmap](docs/roadmap.md) | Open work — direction, not commitments |
| [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) | Release history |
Found a vulnerability? Do not open an issue — [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) has
the private reporting channel and the scope.
Repository: <https://github.com/mixeme/selfpost> — source, issues, releases, and
the `ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost` image.
## Requirements
Providing these is the operator's job — SelfPost cannot fix a blocked port or a
missing PTR record for you. Details: [Operator guide](docs/guide.md).
### Platform
- Docker + Compose v2 on the host
- A reverse proxy in front of the panel (SelfPost never terminates HTTPS itself)
- Rough sizing: **1 vCPU**, **512 MB–1 GB RAM**, **8–10 GB disk** (send log and
rotated `mail.log` are the main growth drivers; both sit in the `./data`
volume, and both are capped — 90 days and 14 files by default)
### Network and IP
- [ ] Static IP address
- [ ] Outbound TCP port 25 unblocked (many consumer/cloud hosts block it by
default)
- [ ] PTR/rDNS for that IP pointing at your mail hostname (`SELFPOST_HOSTNAME`)
- [ ] Reasonable starting IP reputation — a fresh IP still needs
[warmup](docs/guide.md#ip-warmup)
### Per sending domain
For every domain you add in the panel:
- [ ] SPF TXT record authorizing this server
- [ ] DKIM TXT record (value shown on the domain page)
- [ ] DMARC `_dmarc` TXT record
See [Domain-level DNS](docs/guide.md#domain-level-dns-spf-dkim-dmarc) in the operator guide.
### Per inbound domain (optional)
Only if you turn on inbound relay (`INBOUND_RELAY_ENABLE=true`):
- [ ] MX record pointing at `SELFPOST_HOSTNAME` (keep any existing primary MX
if this host is backup-MX)
See [Inbound relay](docs/guide.md#inbound-relay) in the operator guide.
## Quick start
> **First boot — create the admin account.** On a fresh container SelfPost prints
> a **one-time setup URL** (valid ten minutes). Open it in a browser to choose
> the administrator username and password. Until you do, the panel has no login.
> Production deploy: [Full deployment](docs/guide.md#full-deployment) in the
> operator guide.
One container, panel at `http://127.0.0.1:8080` — no reverse proxy, no TLS
files, no compose files. Good for clicking through the UI on your machine;
outbound mail will not reach the real internet without DNS, PTR, and port 25.
> **The 2.x line is not published on ghcr.io yet** (the newest image there is
> `1.3.0`). Until it is, build the image from this checkout under the name the
> commands below and `deploy/docker-compose.yml` use; Docker then takes the
> local image and pulls nothing:
>
> ```sh
> docker build -f build/Dockerfile --build-arg VERSION=2.15.0 \
> -t ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:2.15.0 .
> ```
```sh
docker run --rm -d --name selfpost-try \
-p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
-e SELFPOST_HOSTNAME=mail.local.test \
-e PANEL_COOKIE_SECURE=false \
-v selfpost-try-data:/data \
ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:2.15.0
```
This trial runs with Docker's default capabilities and no
`no-new-privileges`; the compose file of a real deployment
(`deploy/docker-compose.yml`) drops every capability but the few it names,
sets `no-new-privileges` and a process ceiling.
**Get the setup URL** (pick one):
```sh
docker logs selfpost-try 2>&1 | grep -m1 'http'
```
```sh
docker exec selfpost-try cat /data/setup-token
```
The printed URL is `https://mail.local.test/setup/<token>`. For this local
trial rewrite it to `http://127.0.0.1:8080/setup/<token>` (same path token;
`PANEL_COOKIE_SECURE=false` so the cookie works over plain HTTP). Open it
before it expires.
When finished:
```sh
docker rm -f selfpost-try && docker volume rm selfpost-try-data
```
More detail (limitations, optional throwaway TLS for local SMTP): [Local
trial](docs/guide.md#local-trial) in the operator guide.
## Reference deploy
Production layout: one `docker-compose.yml`, a `.env`, persistent `./data`, and
TLS PEM files at `./certs` (read by Postfix on 465/587). The panel is reached
only through a reverse proxy on 443 — port 8080 is bound to localhost in the
default compose file.
Full walkthrough — fetching the base files, setting up a reverse proxy and
TLS (Apache/nginx/Caddy/Traefik), starting the container, and wiring up
DNS — lives in the operator guide's [Full
deployment](docs/guide.md#full-deployment) section, with proxy-specific
commands under [Reverse proxy](docs/guide.md#reverse-proxy-mandatory).
The compose file always publishes **465**, **587**, and **25**; Postfix listens
on 587 only when `SUBMISSION_ENABLE=true`, and on 25 when
`INBOUND_RELAY_ENABLE=true` and/or `DMARC_REPORTS_ENABLE=true` (see
[Ports](docs/guide.md#ports)). Bump the
pinned image tag deliberately when upgrading, never `:latest` ([why](docs/guide.md#fixed-image-tag)). Optional
variables (`TRUSTED_PROXY_CIDR`, rate limits, retention): see [Environment
variables](docs/guide.md#environment-variables).
## License
Copyright © 2026 Mikhail Yenuchenko.
[AGPL-3.0](LICENSE). The AGPL closes the "SaaS loophole": if you run a modified
version as a network-accessible service, you must make the modified source
available to its users — not only when you distribute copies of the code.
Third-party notices: [NOTICE](NOTICE).