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Mailrise hosting on xCloud gives printers, NAS boxes and cron jobs a self-hosted SMTP notification gateway that turns their emails into chat and push notifications. Deploy Mailrise from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned 1.4.0 image as one stateless container, generates the SMTP password and publishes one SMTP port that requires STARTTLS. You set your Apprise target in the Environment editor, and open the port in your own firewall.

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What is Mailrise?

Mailrise is, in its README's words, an SMTP gateway for Apprise notifications: an SMTP server that converts the emails it receives into notifications. Devices and programs that can only send email, such as printers, NAS boxes, UPS monitors and cron jobs, send to Mailrise, and it forwards each message to services such as Telegram, Discord, ntfy, Slack and Matrix through Apprise. Self-hosted Mailrise is a gateway you run yourself instead of sending device alerts through a mail provider. It is licensed under MIT.

In the xCloud template, the app runs Mailrise 1.4.0, pinned by digest, as a data service with no web interface and no volume. Senders log in with the SMTP username and a generated password over STARTTLS with a self-signed certificate, and every email goes to the Apprise URLs you set. Until you replace the placeholder target nothing is delivered, and the SMTP port is reachable from the internet.

From Sign-Up to a Working Gateway In Just 3 Easy Steps

Running an SMTP gateway normally means a container, a generated login, a TLS setup and a port before the first test email. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Mailrise from the OneClick catalog. Choose your target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Mailrise image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with no data volumes, generate the SMTP password, and publish the SMTP port (container port 8025) with STARTTLS required.
Step 03
Point A Device At It
Save the SMTP password from the protected credentials, then open the Environment editor, replace the placeholder APPRISE_URLS with your own Apprise URL and Save & Redeploy. Set your device to the SMTP host and port with STARTTLS, and send a test email to [email protected].

Everything Mailrise Does, On Your Own Server

Mailrise runs here as a headless gateway: devices send email in, and your chosen Apprise targets receive notifications out.

Email In, Notification Out
Each message you send to the gateway is forwarded as an Apprise notification, with the subject and body arriving as the notification title and text.
Many Notification Services
Apprise targets include Telegram, Discord, ntfy, Slack and Matrix, and several URLs can be set at once so every email reaches all of them.
Any Recipient Address
Every recipient address is accepted and routed to the same target list, so a device that insists on a particular address still works.
STARTTLS Required
The server refuses logins and mail until the connection is upgraded with STARTTLS, so the password and email contents are encrypted in transit.
Generated SMTP Login
Senders sign in with the username mailrise and a password generated at install, shown in the protected credentials.
Configured From The Environment
Targets live in one place, the Environment editor, and apply after Save & Redeploy; the configuration is rebuilt from it on every start.

Everything You Need To Run Your SMTP Gateway 24/7

Managed hosting for Mailrise, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Mailrise 1.4.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
SMTP password generated for you
STARTTLS required for every session
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Mailrise

Get printer and NAS alerts in chat
A device that can only send email points at Mailrise, and the alert arrives in Telegram or Discord instead of an inbox.
Forward cron job output
A script emails its result to Mailrise, and you receive it as a push notification through ntfy or another service.
Revive legacy monitoring
An old monitoring tool with only an email option sends to Mailrise and reaches modern notification channels.
Keep device mail off third-party providers
Alerts from internal hardware go to your own gateway rather than through a hosted mail service.

Mailrise vs Alternatives

A mail provider: A hosted mail provider delivers device alerts to an inbox. Mailrise accepts the same email on your own server and forwards each message as an Apprise notification instead.
Built-in integrations on each device: Some devices can talk to a chat service directly. For devices and programs that can only send email, Mailrise gives them a path to notifications without firmware support.
Apprise API: Apprise API is a separate service with its own OneClick page that accepts notifications over HTTP. Mailrise is the SMTP front door for devices that only speak email.
ntfy: ntfy is a separate push notification server with its own OneClick page, and a common Mailrise destination. It delivers the notification, while Mailrise converts the email.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Mailrise hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Mailrise sits alongside other alerting and automation tools.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Mailrise itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Mailrise free?

Yes. Mailrise is open source under the MIT licence, whose file is linked here at the pinned 1.4.0 tag. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for Mailrise, and there is no per-message fee. Your notification services may have their own limits.

Can you self-host Mailrise with Docker?

Yes, and this Mailrise Docker hosting template does it for you: the ghcr.io/yoryan/mailrise image, pinned by digest, runs as one stateless container on your own server with its SMTP port published. It is not a Mailrise cloud account, so your alerts pass through your server.

How much RAM does Mailrise need?

The catalog minimum for Mailrise is 128 MB of RAM, because Mailrise only forwards mail and keeps no state. Messages are limited to 32 MiB, and attachments are passed to Apprise. A 6 GB server, the tier sold here, comfortably exceeds it.

How do I sign in to Mailrise from a device?

Configure the device with the SMTP host, port, username mailrise and the generated password from the credentials, with STARTTLS on and certificate verification off, then send to any recipient address. Mailrise has no web interface, so there is nothing else to sign in to.

Is the Mailrise connection encrypted?

Yes, STARTTLS is required before login or mail is accepted, so the password and message contents are encrypted in transit. The certificate is self-signed and regenerated at each start, so the sender must skip certificate verification. Plain connections are refused.

Where do I set the Mailrise notification target?

In the Environment editor, using APPRISE_URLS, then Save and Redeploy. Several Apprise URLs can be separated by commas, and a comma inside a URL must be percent-encoded as %2C. Replace the placeholder first, because it points at an unreachable address.

Does Mailrise have a web interface?

No. It is a data service with only an SMTP listener, no web interface and no domain. Everything is configured through environment values, which are read at start, so changes apply after a redeploy. Advanced routing needs a hand-written configuration file this template does not manage.

Does xCloud open the Mailrise SMTP port to the internet?

No firewall rule is added, but the port is published on all host interfaces, so it is reachable unless your firewall blocks it. Open it only for the trusted addresses that need it. Anyone who can sign in can trigger notifications to every configured target.

What happens when I give Mailrise the wrong password?

Wrong credentials are not answered with an error: the connection hangs until the client times out. This is upstream behaviour, so a hanging connection usually means a wrong username or password. Check the credentials panel and the sender's STARTTLS settings.

What should I back up for Mailrise?

Nothing: there is no volume and no state, so there is no data volume to back up. Keep a copy of the environment values, APPRISE_URLS and the SMTP password, if you recreate the install. Notification targets live in your own services.

How do I upgrade Mailrise?

Your 1.4.0 deployment keeps its pinned image until you decide to adopt a newer template version. The template does not follow the upstream latest tag. Read the release notes, then send a test email to confirm the notification arrives.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.