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# Email - Mail Delivery Agents

> IMAP and POP3 server software for receiving and storing email messages

[Mail Delivery Agents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_delivery_agent) (MDAs) - [IMAP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol)/[POP3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol) server software.

## IMAP/POP3 Servers

### Dovecot

IMAP and POP3 server written primarily with security in mind.

* **Source Code:** [GitHub](https://github.com/dovecot/core)
* **License:** MIT / LGPL-2.1
* **Tech Stack:** C, deb

### Cyrus IMAP

Email (IMAP/POP3), contacts and calendar server.

* **Source Code:** [GitHub](https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd)
* **License:** BSD-3-Clause-Attribution
* **Tech Stack:** C

## Gateway Solutions

### DavMail

<Warning>
  This application has anti-features. Please review before deploying.
</Warning>

POP/IMAP/SMTP/Caldav/Carddav/LDAP exchange gateway allowing users to use any mail/calendar client with an Exchange server, even from the internet or behind a firewall through Outlook Web Access.

* **Source Code:** [GitHub](https://github.com/mguessan/davmail)
* **License:** GPL-2.0
* **Tech Stack:** Java