Web-based mail client similar to Thunderbird (supports multiple
accounts)
reddit / selfhosted

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wffln · 2023-11-13 12:59

Hi, i'm looking for a self-hostable mail client that's ideally web-
based and supports multiple mail accounts (IMAP).

Roundcube seems to be designed for single-account and only does
multiple with a plugin, but is it good?

Snappymail seems to have multiple account support built-in but no
official Docker image as far as i know, which is my preferred
deployment method.

Thanks for all feedback/advice ✌️

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-13 14:55

Try Cypht.

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1mp3rf3ct10n · 2023-11-13 15:14

+1 cypht

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root-node · 2023-11-13 17:09

What's wrong with self-hosting Thunderbird?

I use this one - https://github.com/ich777/docker-thunderbird, even
though I am not using unraid.

```
version: '3.3'
services:
  thunderbird:
    image: ich777/thunderbird:latest
    container_name: thunderbird
    restart: unless-stopped

    network_mode:
      bridge

    ports:
      - 8080:8080

    mem_limit: 512m
    cpus: 0.5

    volumes:
      - /home/user/thunderbird:/thunderbird

    environment:
      - UID=1000
      - GID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
      - THUNDERBIRD_V=latest
      - THUNDERBIRD_LANG=en-GB
      - TURBOVNC_PARAMS=[password-goes-here]
      - TURBOVNC_PARAMS=-securitytypes none
```

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upofadown · 2023-11-13 17:45

Roundcube supports multiple accounts out of the box but you have to
log in to each account separately. You configure it with a list of
email hosts and it will show a dropdown menu at login.

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wffln · 2023-11-13 19:55

wow, i didn't know thunderbird had a web GUI. too bad the github repo
of this docker image isn't very popular.

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wffln · 2023-11-13 19:56

how does that look like when using docker and environment variables?

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root-node · 2023-11-13 19:58

It doesn't.  It's a web VNC that remotes to the desktop.

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wffln · 2023-11-13 20:27

oh, that's a bummer. it's out for me then. VNC won't work for using it
on mobile network.

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upofadown · 2023-11-14 02:54

Nothing special I would imagine. You would configure Roundcube through
the config file as normal.