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Chasquid

SMTP (email) server with a focus on simplicity, security, and ease of operation [mirror]

From albertito·Updated June 7, 2026·View on GitHub·

[chasquid](https://blitiri.com.ar/p/chasquid) is an SMTP (email) server with a focus on simplicity, security, and ease of operation. The project is written primarily in Go, distributed under the Other license, first published in 2016. Key topics include: email-security, go, go-application, golang, mail.

chasquid

chasquid is an SMTP (email) server with a
focus on simplicity, security, and ease of operation.

It is designed mainly for individuals and small groups.

It's written in Go, and distributed under the
Apache license 2.0.

Go tests
Go Report Card
Coverage
Docs
OFTC IRC

Features

  • Easy
    • Easy to configure.
    • Hard to mis-configure in ways that are harmful or insecure (e.g. no open
      relay, or clear-text authentication).
    • Monitoring HTTP server, with exported variables and tracing to help
      debugging.
    • Integrated with Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, and Alpine.
    • Supports using Dovecot for authentication.
  • Useful
    • Multiple/virtual domains, with per-domain users and aliases.
    • Suffix dropping (user+something@domainuser@domain).
    • Hooks for integration with greylisting, anti-virus, and anti-spam.
    • International usernames (SMTPUTF8) and domain names (IDNA).
  • Secure
    • Tracking of per-domain TLS support, prevents connection downgrading.
    • Multiple TLS certificates.
    • Easy integration with Let's Encrypt.
    • SPF and MTA-STS checking.
    • DKIM support (signing and verification).

Documentation

The how-to guide and the
installation guide are the
best starting points on how to install, configure and run chasquid.

You will find all documentation here.

Contact

If you have any questions, comments or patches, please send them to the mailing
list
,
chasquid@googlegroups.com.
To subscribe, send an email to chasquid+subscribe@googlegroups.com.

Security issues can be reported privately to albertito@blitiri.com.ar.

Bug reports and pull requests on
GitHub are also welcome.

You can also reach out via IRC, #chasquid on OFTC.

Contributors

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