[Discuss] Stalwart E-mail; Was: Re: SSH options

[kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)]

On 1/19/26 12:29 PM, Ron wrote:
> Kent Borg wrote on 2026-01-19 08:12:
>
>> I sure know that since I looked at a little of the sources to Dovecot 
>> I very much want to get off of it, when I get the chance.
>
> I've been testing Stalwart (https://stalw.art) email package. It's a 
> replacement for postfix / dovecot / opendkim / OAuth / Web/Cal/CardDAV 
> ... written in Rust.
>
>
> Beautiful piece of software! 

Yes, awhile back I ran across https://stalw.art, and I was very excited 
by it.

But as I looked more carefully I decided I didn't like it.

It is an all-singing, all-dancing, full featured, integrated, do-all 
solution! But I just want to swap something in for Dovecot. And maybe 
swap it back out if it doesn't work for me.

But?Stalwart is 100% take it or leave it, and once one is 100% in I 
don't think there is going to be much motivated support for ever getting 
out.

Lock-in doesn't just happen with commercial products.


-kb, the Kent whose current idea is Cyrus IMAP.