Making an Automatic Email Backup
Keeping a local, self-hosted copy of a remote IMAP account with mbsync and Dovecot — from the first working sync to a pair of Docker images that do it for you.
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Making an Automatic Email Backup - Part 1
In the world of self-hosting, creating a personal email server always seemed like the Holy Grail of personal privacy. Unfortunately, with all the work…
Making an Automatic Email Backup - Part 2
Adding self-signed SSL certificates to Dovecot and installing Roundcube, so the local mail archive is reachable from any browser on the network.
Making an Automatic Email Backup - Part 3
Repackaging the mbsync and Dovecot setup from Parts 1 and 2 into a pair of Docker images, configured entirely through environment variables.
Making an Automatic Email Backup (Updated 9/15/2024)
This is basically an update to the project I discussed in these three previous posts: