SharpMailserver SHARPMAILSERVER
Enterprise Mail, JMAP, Webmail & GoBD Archive

The modern enterprise mail server. Unified platform. Full sovereignty. 40% lower cost.

SharpMailserver unifies ESMTP, IMAP4rev2, JMAP, ManageSieve, adaptive Anti-Spam, Webmail PWA, GoBD WORM Compliance Archiving, and OCR & ZUGFeRD full-text search in one zero-allocation System.IO.Pipelines engine. Runs natively as a Windows Server Service without Docker, on Linux, macOS, NAS, and Kubernetes starting at €1.20 per mailbox per year.

ESMTP · IMAP4rev2 · JMAP · Sieve SPF · Dual-DKIM (Ed25519) · DMARC · ARC · DANE PostgreSQL & SQLite WAL · S3 Object Lock · OCR Windows Service · Linux · macOS · Kubernetes
https://mail.yourcompany.de/admin/ Live Telemetry
SharpMailserver Admin & GoBD Cockpit in VS Code Dark Grey with live SignalR telemetry
~58 MB RAM Idle RAM for complete stack instead of 9 separate daemons
-40 % TCO From €1.20 per mailbox per year (vs. €2 at Stalwart)
GoBD & OCR Immutable S3 Object Lock + PDF, Scan OCR & ZUGFeRD search
# Nativer Windows-Server-Dienst komplett OHNE Docker oder WSL2
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "C:\SharpMailserver", "D:\SharpMailData" | Out-Null
Expand-Archive .\SharpMailserver-win-x64.zip -DestinationPath "C:\SharpMailserver" -Force

New-Service -Name "SharpMailserver" `
  -BinaryPathName '"C:\SharpMailserver\SharpMailserver.Server.exe" --contentRoot "C:\SharpMailserver"' `
  -DisplayName "SharpMailserver Enterprise Mail & GoBD Archive" `
  -StartupType Automatic
sc.exe failure SharpMailserver reset= 86400 actions= restart/5000/restart/5000/restart/10000
Start-Service SharpMailserver
Live in 60 seconds

Zero config-file jungle. Run natively as a Windows Service, Linux daemon, or container.

Traditional mail stacks force you to glue together Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd, OpenDKIM, Certbot, Redis, and a legacy PHP webmail client. SharpMailserver ships every protocol, Webmail PWA, Admin Cockpit, Transactional Send API, and 0 ms SNI Let's Encrypt automation inside one cohesive, memory-safe service.

At a glance

Engineered for throughput, zero-trust security, and compliance

Every protocol parser, spam filter, and storage engine is engineered from the ground up with strict memory bounds and 100% central exception telemetry.

Zero-Alloc System.IO.Pipelines

ESMTP (CHUNKING/BDAT), IMAP4rev2 (< 5 ms IDLE push) & JMAP (RFC 8620/8621) stream with flat memory (~58 MB idle) and strict DoS guards.

Complete Email Cryptography

SPF, Dual-DKIM (Ed25519 + RSA-2048 with 1-click key rotation), DMARC, ARC chain sealing, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, DANE (TLSA), and OutboundGuard.

GoBD WORM, ZUGFeRD & OCR Search

Immutable S3 Object Lock (COMPLIANCE), Legal Hold, read-only Auditor role without mutating \Seen flags, plus native ZUGFeRD/PDF & scan OCR indexing.

Webmail PWA, 15 Themes & 5s Mobile QR

Compact Admin UI & Webmail in VS Code Dark Grey with 15 selectable accent themes each, VAPID WebPush, and PKCS#7-signed Apple .mobileconfig QR setup.

Passkeys, 2FA, OIDC & SCIM 2.0

FIDO2/WebAuthn Passkeys, strictly enforced 2FA + per-device App Passwords across all TCP ports, plus enterprise SSO (OIDC) and SCIM 2.0 provisioning.

1-Click hMailServer & IMAP Migration

Direct import of existing Windows hMailServer installations (domains, accounts, aliases, Data\*.eml) plus zero-downtime live TLS IMAP delta sync.

Real live interfaces from the server

Compact Admin Cockpit, GoBD Archive & SharpMail Webmail built right in

Both the high-density Admin & GoBD Cockpit and the SharpMail Webmail PWA are built right in: styled in neutral VS Code Dark Grey or crisp Light Mode, each with 15 independently selectable color themes.

https://mail.sharpmailserver.com/admin/ · Dark Theme 1440 x 900 @ 2x
SharpMailserver Admin Cockpit
Admin & GoBD Cockpit (VS Code Dark Grey): High-density real-time telemetry, 15 selectable color themes, deduplicated Zstd Hybrid storage metrics, and live SMTP queue. See all UI & server capabilities
Verified Benchmarks & Resource Footprint

Minimal memory footprint. Predictable high throughput under load.

Built on zero-copy network pipelines, pooled memory buffers, and strict pre-allocation caps, SharpMailserver keeps RAM flat and predictable even under heavy concurrency.

~58 MB
Idle RAM (Complete Stack)

Includes ESMTP, IMAP4rev2, JMAP, ManageSieve, Webmail PWA, Admin Cockpit & ACME.

1.450+ / s
SMTP Inbound Messages/sec

Measured on 4 vCPU NVMe VM including SPF/DKIM/DMARC verification, SHA-256 dedup & Zstd.

< 8 ms
Full-Text & OCR Search (p95)

Queried across 500,000 indexed messages, multi-page PDFs, and ZUGFeRD e-invoices.

-62 %
Lower Disk & S3 Storage

Real-world corporate mailbox reduction via cross-account SHA-256 deduplication + Zstd.

Typical Memory Footprint Comparison (250 mailboxes including Webmail & Anti-Spam)

Runs effortlessly on an entry-level 2 GB cloud VPS, office NAS, or Raspberry Pi.

SharpMailserver (Kompletter Stack, aktiv)~145 MB bis 240 MB RAM
Postfix + Dovecot + Rspamd + ClamAV + Redis + Webmail (Docker-Stack)~2.600 MB bis 4.200 MB RAM
Microsoft Exchange Server On-Premises8.192 MB bis 16.384+ MB RAM
Operating Systems, Kubernetes & Cloud Ecosystem

Runs everywhere: Native Windows Service, Linux, macOS, Kubernetes, Hyperscalers & EU Clouds

Total deployment freedom with zero vendor lock-in: run natively as a Windows Service or Linux daemon without Docker, on macOS Apple Silicon, in Kubernetes, or on any global hyperscaler or sovereign European cloud.

Native Operating Systems (No Docker Needed)

First-class native system daemons for both x86_64 and ARM64 architectures:

Windows Server 2019 / 2022 / 2025 (Service) Debian / Ubuntu LTS (systemd) RHEL / AlmaLinux / Rocky / SUSE macOS (Apple Silicon M1-M4 & Intel, launchd) Raspberry Pi OS (ARM64)

Kubernetes & Container Runtimes

OCI-compliant multi-arch images with /healthz probes, /metrics for Prometheus & PROXY protocol v2:

Kubernetes & Helm Charts Docker & Docker Compose Podman (Rootless) containerd & CRI-O Red Hat OpenShift SUSE Rancher & K3s HashiCorp Nomad Proxmox VE (LXC & KVM)

Global Hyperscalers & Sovereign EU Clouds

Validated with managed PostgreSQL, TCP load balancers, and immutable S3/Blob storage across:

AWS (EC2, EKS, ECS, RDS, S3) Microsoft Azure (AKS, VMs, Blob WORM) Google Cloud / GCP (GKE, Cloud SQL, GCS) Oracle Cloud (OCI) Hetzner (DE / FI) IONOS Cloud (DE) OVHcloud (EU) STACKIT & Open Telekom Cloud (DE) Scaleway · Exoscale · UpCloud netcup · Strato · ALL-INKL · Hostinger
Interactive DNS, SPF, DKIM & Reverse DNS Advisory

Design and audit perfect DNS & Reverse DNS records in seconds

Mismatched PTR records, broken SPF chains (> 10 DNS lookups), or missing DMARC alignment are the #1 cause of rejected mail at Gmail and Microsoft. Inspect any live domain or generate a complete zone including IPv4 in-addr.arpa and 32-nibble IPv6 ip6.arpa PTR records.

Domain, IP & Policy Configuration

Generates complete DNS and reverse DNS records with live inspection

Deliverability & Reverse DNS Advisory
Inbox Placement Score (Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Corporate)
100/100
Step-by-Step Deployment & Hoster Guides

Ready-to-run guides for Windows Service, Proxmox, NAS, Raspberry Pi & European hosters

Whether deploying as a native Windows Service without Docker, on a Synology/UGREEN/Unraid NAS, or on a VPS at Hetzner, netcup, IONOS, Strato, ALL-INKL, Hostinger, or OVHcloud: pick your target below for exact commands and rDNS settings.

What SharpMailserver does better

More built in, simpler to run, and permanently 40% cheaper than Stalwart

Why enterprises, MSPs, and Windows/Linux teams choose SharpMailserver over Stalwart, hMailServer, Postfix/Dovecot, and Microsoft 365:

Capability / Metric SharpMailserver Stalwart Enterprise hMailServer Postfix + Dovecot + Rspamd Microsoft 365 / Exchange
License price (25 to 499 mailboxes) €1.20 per mailbox per year -40% €2 per mailbox per year €0 (Discontinued / Legacy) €0 (high DevOps cost) approx. €140.40 per user per year
Built-in Webmail PWA + 15 Color Themes Included (Light/Dark + WebPush) External webmail required None Separate Roundcube/SOGo Outlook Web
GoBD WORM Archive, OCR & ZUGFeRD Search Native + Read-Only Auditor & OCR Basic retention (no ZUGFeRD) 3rd-party required Costly E5/Purview add-on
Native Windows Server Service (No Docker) First-class Windows Service + Linux + macOS Windows only (Legacy) Linux only Cloud or heavy Exchange VM
Typical RAM Footprint (250 mailboxes) ~145 MB bis 240 MB RAM ~130 MB bis 230 MB RAM ~180 MB (ohne Webmail/Spam/OCR) 2.600 MB bis 4.200 MB RAM 8.192 MB bis 16.384+ MB RAM
1-Click Windows hMailServer Importer Direct Data\*.eml & DB import Generic IMAP only Basis Manual scripts IMAP Batch
1-Scan Signed Apple .mobileconfig QR PKCS#7-signed + Auto App-Password Autoconfig / Autodiscover Autodiscover
JMAP (RFC 8620/8621) + IMAP4rev2 Both natively integrated (Legacy IMAP4rev1 only) (No JMAP) (Proprietary Graph/MAPI)
Transparent Enterprise Pricing

Fair progressive mailbox tiers, permanently 40% cheaper than Stalwart

Unlimited domains, tenants, mailing lists, aliases, and cluster servers are included in every plan at zero extra cost.

Community & Starter Edition · Free Forever (€0)

Up to 10 mailboxes free forever for labs, developers, and small setups with the full core protocol stack and no expiry.

Install free
Tier 1 · 25 to 499 mailboxes
Stalwart: €2
€1.20 per mailbox per year
-40 %
Tier 2 · 500 to 999 mailboxes
Stalwart: €1.70
€1.02 per mailbox per year
-40 %
Tier 3 · 1,000 to 4,999 mailboxes
Stalwart: €1.45
€0.87 per mailbox per year
-40 %
Tier 4 · 5,000 to 9,999 mailboxes
Stalwart: €1.23
€0.74 per mailbox per year
-40 %
Tier 5 · 10,000 to 49,999 mailboxes
Stalwart: €1.04
€0.62 per mailbox per year
-40 %
Tier 6 · 50,000 to 99,999 mailboxes
Stalwart: €0.89
€0.53 per mailbox per year
-40 %
Tier 7+ · 100.000+ mailboxes
Stalwart: Indiv.
Custom Quote
Best-Price SLA

* Progressive bracket billing (identical to Stalwart's model, at 40% lower rates): e.g. 600 mailboxes pay Tier 1 (€1.20 per mailbox per year) on the first 499 and Tier 2 (€1.02 per mailbox per year) on the remaining 101. Only user and group mailboxes count. Domains, tenants, aliases, mailing lists, and servers are unlimited at €0. Prices exclude VAT.

Interactive License Estimator
Annual Total: SharpMailserver Enterprise
€300 per year
approx. €25 per month
Savings vs. Stalwart Enterprise: €200 per year (-40%)
Savings vs. Microsoft 365: €34,800 per year
Premium Engineering Support included (150+ mailboxes)
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