iredmail-doc/overview/1-used.components.md

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Major components used in iRedMail

Name Comment
Postfix Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
Dovecot POP3, IMAP and Managesieve server
Apache, Nginx Web server
OpenLDAP LDAP server, an optional for storing mail accounts.
MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL SQL server used to store application data. Could be used to store mail accounts too.
Amavisd Interface between Postfix and SpamAssassin, ClamAV. it calls SpamAssassin and ClamAV for content-based spam/virus scanning.
SpamAssassin content-based spam scanner
ClamAV Virus scanner
Cluebringer A third-party postfix policy server
iRedAPD A very simple postfix policy server developed by iRedMail team
Roundcube Webmail (PHP)
SOGo Groupware A groupware which provides calendar (CalDAV), contact (CardDAV) and ActiveSync services.
Fail2ban Scans log files and bans IPs that show the malicious signs -- too many password failures, seeking for exploits, etc.
Awstats Apache and Postfix log analyzer

See also