Docs

Guides and reference

From your first domain to integrating via the API. If something's missing, write to us.

Run it yourself

Install with Docker

From a clean server to a running instance.

Configure your instance

The variables that matter, and the ones production refuses to start without.

Add your domain

Provisioning, DKIM, and the records that have to be published.

Back up and update

What to copy, why it has to be copied together, and how to move to a new version.

Getting started

Create your organisation

Registration, domain setup and the first mailbox.

Publish your DNS records

The required records, their function and how to confirm publication.

Invite your team

Creating users, and assigning mailboxes and roles.

Install on desktop and mobile

The native applications and the features they add.

Mail

Rules and out-of-office

Automatic mail filing and absence replies.

Why mail goes to spam

Receiver checks, the records published by Beskos, and the remaining factors.

IMAP, SMTP, JMAP and CalDAV

Standard protocol access to mailboxes and calendars.

Administration

Roles and permissions

Four roles, eighteen permissions and per-user exceptions.

Teams

Named groups of users, used for access control across the applications.

Turn apps on and off

Restricting the application set for an organisation.

Require two-factor authentication

Enforcing two-factor authentication across an organisation.

Password recovery

Recovery paths for an account whose mailbox is inaccessible.

Suspend and delete mailboxes

Procedures for departing users and the handling of their mail.

Licensing

Limits

What the edition you run yourself is allowed to do.

When a licence key expires

What stops, what does not, and what happens to the data.

Reference

Channel webhooks

Posting messages into a chat channel from an external service.

Retention and deletion

Retention periods, deletion procedures and statutory retention obligations.

Something missing? support@beskos.com