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Self-hosters struggle to route mail through web proxy managers

Self-hosted mail administrators using Nginx Proxy Manager want to put mail services behind a proxy, but the manager does not natively support protocols such as IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. Configuring the required custom Nginx or Docker setup is unclear or too complex for some users. A separate request for HTTP/3 support points to a broader, though less evidenced, gap in proxy managers’ protocol support.

For self-hosted mail administrators using web proxy managers. Mentioned from May 2021 to Mar 2024 on GitHub.

4 different people described this problem in 2 separate discussions.

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  1. I am trying to proxy a mailserver but the task seams to be impossible at the moment with NPM whit this is possible to do with Nginx
    kennylajara on GitHub (NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager)May 2021+148 upvotesAsked for a toolHas a workaround
  2. Would love to see this natively in NPM. Having my mail services beging NPM with an ssl cert. (The described docker tip is too complex for me to understand)
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