mailcow
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Jan 23, 2026first mention
Oct 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Mail/Cal/Card: Self-hosted with Mailcow (since +5 years / good setup & nice documentation)”
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“i switched to mailcow ~1 year ago and it now is so much easier to maintain and onboard friends & family.”
“it's nearly hands free (mailcow)”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Migrating to the EU 2 mentions
- What I self-host 1 mention
- Ask HN: What email provider do you recommend for personal email? 1 mention
- A simple web we own 1 mention
- Don't host email yourself – your reminder in 2026 1 mention
- Andrej Karpathy talks about "Claws" 1 mention
Also written as Mailcow. Data: mailcow.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“I know it can easily be done with things like mailcow.”
“I always like selfhosting either at home, or using a cheap VPS - iRedMail, MailCow etc.”
“Mail/Cal/Card: Self-hosted with Mailcow (since +5 years / good setup & nice documentation)”
“https://mailcow.email/vps/”
“I am running Mailcow BTW.”
“i switched to mailcow ~1 year ago and it now is so much easier to maintain and onboard friends & family.”
“Setup mailcow, anslytics, etc on my server.”
“it's nearly hands free (mailcow)”