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Features Overview

Mailyte packs a lot into one box. This page gives you a bird's-eye view of every feature, where it lives, and how ready it is for production use.

In this section

  • Email Tracking

    Pixel opens, click tracking, bounce and complaint logging — know what happens after you hit send.

    Email tracking

  • Anti-Spam Protection

    ML spam detection, Bayesian filtering, ClamAV antivirus, DNSBL checks, and greylisting.

    Anti-spam

  • Rate Limiting

    Redis-backed sliding window limits at the org, domain, and mailbox level.

    Rate limiting

  • Storage & Quotas

    Per-mailbox, per-domain, and per-org quota tracking with alerts.

    Storage & quotas

  • Webhooks

    Real-time event delivery with retry logic, HMAC signing, and automatic cleanup.

    Webhooks

  • AI-Powered Search

    Qdrant vector DB, semantic search over email content — ask questions, get answers.

    AI search

Feature Status Legend

Badge Meaning
Stable Production-ready, battle-tested
Beta Working and usable, still being refined
In Development Actively being built -- not ready yet

Feature Matrix

Feature Status Service / Port Description
Email Tracking Stable Tracking / 8083 Pixel opens, click tracking, bounce & complaint logging
Anti-Spam Protection Stable Rspamd / 11333 ML spam detection, Bayesian filtering, ClamAV, greylisting
Rate Limiting Stable Rate Limiter / 8082 Redis-backed sliding window limits at org, domain, and mailbox levels
Storage & Quotas Stable Storage Usage / 8084 Per-mailbox, per-domain, and per-org quota tracking
Webhooks Stable Webhooks / 8081 Real-time event delivery with retry, HMAC signing, and cleanup
Templates Beta Templates / 8087 Jinja2-based email templates with versioning. A/B testing in development
Analytics Stable Tracking / 8083 Delivery stats, geo data, device detection, time-series aggregation
Archiving In Development -- Long-term email storage with compliance retention policies
Encryption In Development -- PGP/GPG and S/MIME end-to-end encryption
ActiveSync In Development -- Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol support
Backup & Restore Stable Cron / Cloud Sync Automated DB + filesystem backups, S3/Azure cloud sync
Deliverability Stable Delivery Optimizer / 8088 SPF/DKIM/DMARC, reputation tracking, bounce handling, suppression lists
AI-Powered Search Beta RAG / 8090 Qdrant vector DB, semantic search over email content
Auto-Healing Stable Health Monitor Detects failed services and restarts them automatically
Multi-Tenant Support Stable All services Organization-based isolation for data, config, and quotas

Capabilities at a glance

Category Capabilities
Mail protocols SMTP (25, 587, 465), IMAP (143, 993), POP3 (110, 995), STARTTLS, implicit TLS
Spam defense Bayesian classification, DNSBL, SPF/DKIM/DMARC validation, ClamAV, greylisting, content analysis
Tracking Open pixels, click wrapping, bounce detection, complaint feedback loops
Analytics Delivery rates, engagement metrics, geo/device breakdown, time-series aggregation
Delivery DKIM signing, SPF alignment, DMARC policies, reputation monitoring, suppression lists
Storage Per-mailbox quotas, per-domain limits, per-org caps, usage alerts, automatic cleanup
AI / Search Vector embeddings via Qdrant, semantic search queries, RAG-based email retrieval
Automation Webhook events, auto-healing, cert rotation, scheduled backups, cloud sync
Multi-tenancy Org-scoped API keys, isolated data, per-tenant quotas and rate limits

How features connect

Most features don't operate in isolation -- they talk to each other through the centralized webhook dispatcher and shared database. Here's a simplified view of how the major pieces fit together:

graph LR
    Postfix[Postfix SMTP] -->|inbound/outbound| Webhooks
    Postfix -->|milter| Rspamd[Anti-Spam]
    Postfix -->|policy| RateLimiter[Rate Limiter]
    Webhooks -->|events| Tracking[Email Tracking]
    Tracking -->|stats| Analytics
    Tracking -->|bounces| Deliverability
    Deliverability -->|suppression| Postfix
    StorageUsage[Storage & Quotas] -->|alerts| Webhooks
    RAG[AI Search] -->|indexes| Qdrant[(Qdrant)]
    HealthMonitor[Auto-Healing] -->|restarts| Postfix
    HealthMonitor -->|restarts| Dovecot
    HealthMonitor -->|alerts| Webhooks

Feature deep dives by use case

Focus on these features first:

  1. Deliverability -- set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC correctly
  2. Email Tracking -- track opens, clicks, and bounces
  3. Webhooks -- get real-time delivery notifications in your app
  4. Rate Limiting -- protect your sender reputation

Focus on these features first:

  1. Multi-Tenant Support -- isolate each customer's data
  2. Storage & Quotas -- set and enforce per-customer limits
  3. Anti-Spam Protection -- keep inboxes clean
  4. Backup & Restore -- protect customer data

Focus on these features first:

  1. Webhooks -- integrate email events into your product
  2. AI-Powered Search -- add smart email search
  3. Templates -- manage email templates via API
  4. Analytics -- surface email insights to your users