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Welcome to Modoboa's project page (formerly MailNG)

News

Modoboa is finally getting its own website. Please visit it  here.

It does not mean that this trac instance is dead. From now, it will be only used for project management.

Overview

Modoboa is a web-based interface and management system for virtual domains hosting.

This software is written in  Python (>= 2.6) and uses several web components:

The icons collection used inside Modoboa comes from the  Tango project.

Integration

Modoboa can be deployed alone (using a simple HTTP server provided by Python) or behind a web server like  Lighttpd or  Apache.

An SQL backend is used to centralize domains and associated informations.

Actually, following server components have been tested, using a  MySQL database :

Modoboa should normally work with other products that provide an SQL integration.

Don't forget to take a look at the INSTALL file located inside Modoboa's tarballs, you should find usefull stuff inside :-)

Features

Actually, following functionalities are provided:

  • Basic authentication,
  • Virtual domains creation/modification/removal,
  • Virtual mailboxes creation/modification/removal,
  • Virtual aliases creation/modification/removal,
  • Simple permissions delegation (ability to define domain administrators),
  • Filesystem quotas support (for domains and mailboxes),
  • Both 'maildir' and 'mbox' support,
  • French and English translations,
  • German translation, thanks to Patrick Ben Koetter,
  • Simple plugin system,
  • Online parameters handling.

Following extensions are provided inside the default tarball:

  • Postfix auto-reply messages for users,
  • Graphical statistics about emails traffic based on  RRDtool,
  • Per user  Amavisd-new SQL quarantine management,
  • Simple webmail.

Screenshots

You will find up to date screenshots on  here.

Downloads

Downloads are now available  here.

If you are going to upgrade from an existing installation, make sure to take a look at the INSTALL file, section "How to upgrade".

Bugs submission and Feedbacks

A  google group is available :

  • To grab latest news about Modoboa,
  • To submit bugs,
  • To ask for enhancements,
  • To give feedbacks about your Modoboa installation,
  • Anything else that you consider interesting :-)