I would like to suggest making the Dashboard, Email History, and Queue Management features available to all users, including those running Stalwart for personal use.
While these features may be considered more relevant to enterprise deployments, I believe they are equally important for individuals who self-host their own mail servers.
For personal mail server administrators, having access to a dashboard with useful statistics, historical email records, and queue management tools is essential for monitoring server health, troubleshooting delivery issues, and understanding what is happening behind the scenes.
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Dashboard: Provides a quick overview of server status, activity, and overall email traffic.
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Email History: Helps users investigate delivery failures, trace messages, and understand why an email was accepted, rejected, delayed, or delivered.
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Queue Management: Allows users to inspect pending messages, identify delivery problems, and manage stuck or repeatedly failing emails.
Without access to these features, troubleshooting can become significantly more difficult, even for a single-user or small-scale deployment. These tools are not just administrative conveniences; they are fundamental to maintaining a reliable self-hosted email service.
I understand that some advanced management features may be intended for commercial or enterprise use. However, I would appreciate it if these essential monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities could also be made available to personal users, perhaps through a basic or limited-access tier.
Stalwart is a powerful and promising mail server, and making these features more accessible would greatly improve the experience for self-hosting enthusiasts and individual administrators.
Thank you for your continued work on Stalwart!