SMTP Server Solution using hMail Server on Windows Server 2016

hMailServer is an open source mail server that makes the perfect SMTP Server solution in Azure. It supports the common email protocols (IMAP, SMTP and POP3) and can easily be used with many web mail systems. A great replacement for Microsoft Exchange Server.

It has flexible score-based spam protection and can attach to your virus scanner to scan all incoming and outgoing email..

Built-in Anti-Spam

hMailServer comes with a set of built-in anti spam features such as SPF, SURBL. It can also be integrated with 3rd party anti spam systems such as SpamAssassin and ASSP

Webmail

Any webmail system which supports IMAP and SMTP can be used with hMailServer. RoundCube and SquirrelMail are popular webmail systems which are often used with hMailServer..

hMailServer provides all of the important functionality you need to run your own e-mail server. As a user of hMailServer, you get continuous updates and great support from other users and developers in the forum.

hMailServer supports the open email standards POP3, SMTP and IMAP4. This makes the server compatible with most email clients available.

Security

hMailServer is pre-configured to have high security when it comes to relaying and authentication so that no one can use your server to send spam messages. It also supports the very popular open source virus scanner ClamAV. Configuring hMailServer to use ClamAV only takes a single click! The server also supports black list servers and other spam-stopping mechanisms such as SPF and MX lookups.

Integrations

hMailServer comes with a COM library that can be used for integration with other software. Using the COM library, it's possible to write scripts and full applications that utilize the features in hMailServer. For example, you can integrate hMailServer into your current IT-systems so that new employees automatically get email accounts. Both hMailServer Administrator and the PHP web-based frontend uses the COM API to manage the server.

hMail Mail Server Features

POP3, SMTP, IMAP

Active Directory Integration

Virtual domains

Built-in backup

SSL encryption

Anti-spam

Anti-virus

Scripting

Server-side rules

Multilingual

Routing

MX backup

Multihoming

MySql backend or MS Sql backend

Web administration

DNS Blacklist

Grey Listing

Relay

And many other settings and features

hMail Setup / Documentation / Support

How to setup SMTP Server in Azure