Installing docker-mailserver on Windows 11

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of docker-mailserver on your Windows 11 machine.

Prerequisites

  1. Install Docker Desktop on your Windows 11 machine. You can download Docker Desktop from the following link: https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop

  2. Make sure that virtualization is enabled on your machine.

Installation

  1. Open PowerShell on your Windows 11 machine.

  2. Clone the docker-mailserver repository using the following command: git clone https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver.git

  3. Change the directory to the docker-mailserver folder using the following command: cd docker-mailserver

  4. Create a .env file by running the following command: cp env-example .env

  5. Open the .env file using your favorite text editor and set the values for the following parameters:

    # Full qualified domain name of the mail server
FIRST_DOMAIN=example.com

# Email domain(s) for virtual accounts
# Example: SECOND_DOMAIN=mysecondexample.com,mythirdexample.com
SECOND_DOMAIN=

# Email domain(s) for aliases
# Example: THIRD_DOMAIN=myaliasexample.com,mysecondaliasexample.com
THIRD_DOMAIN=

# Email domain(s) for virtual catch-all accounts
# Example: FOURTH_DOMAIN=mycatchallexample.com
FOURTH_DOMAIN=

# Postmaster account (user created on new system installation)
[email protected]

# SMTP relay host (used to relay email to another SMTP server)
RELAY_HOST=

# Whether to use encryption for the SMTP relay host connection
RELAY_AUTH_TLS=

# Username for authentication on the SMTP relay host (if needed)
RELAY_AUTH_USERNAME=

# Password for authentication on the SMTP relay host (if needed)
RELAY_AUTH_PASSWORD=

# Default email recipient for system notifications
[email protected]

# Docker network name to use
DOCKER_NETWORK=docker-mailserver_default

# Configuration storage folder (must exist on the host)
# Example: STORAGE_HOST_PATH=/mnt/docker-mailserver/
STORAGE_HOST_PATH=

  6. Run the following command to build the mail server container: docker-compose up -d

  7. Wait for the container to start up. You can check the container logs to see the progress by running the following command: docker-compose logs -f

  8. Once the container is running, you can access the webmail interface by navigating to http://localhost:80 in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed docker-mailserver on your Windows 11 machine. You can now start sending and receiving emails using your local mail server.