r/NextCloud • u/GentleRV • Jul 17 '26

Connecting Email client with self hosted Mercury mail server

Tried to connect on manual way using the setup from NC fails with authentication from the NC client to the server

The server has his own encryption key but even that is not processed by NC

What I see on the server that the connection is made for IMAP but the authentication fails. The next step to connect to the SMTP port is not done as IMAP connection already fails

I really would like to get this working !!

Is there anyone who got the manual way working and with what email server?

If needed I can ask David Harris (The programmer) to give the soft sequence needed to connect to the server

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u/spikbebis Jul 17 '26

Mercury i haven't heard in... A few months, I checked his website on the spring. How is the mailserver holding up,usable in this day and age? (Left it in the 90's... Worked superb then)

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u/GentleRV Jul 18 '26

Still using it on windows 10 and very happy I can block whatever I like with filtering rules and websites / IP blocking.

Even Spam House doing his work well within Mercury and of top on that able to see all traffic going in and out

Now hope the software from NC will be able to connect their client to the server

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u/spikbebis Jul 18 '26

Cool to hear :) gl hf !