Best Linux & Windows Mail Server - SurgeMail

Simply one of the best free mail server software.

Is SurgeMail Free for you?

  • Personal use (5 user license) FREE
  • >Schools and Universities qualify for a 50% discount

In return for the free/discount license we do request a web link to our site from any page on your website, we also use this to verify the identity of anyone requesting a free license!

Customer Support options (should you want/need them) are also available at a reduced rate (50% discount) to the above free customers.


Fast, Robust, Secure

SurgeMail is one of the fastest, most robust and secure, full-featured email server on the market today supporting all the protocols and standards. Thousands of servers installed, serving hundreds of thousands of email accounts world wide.

Easy to manage and install

SurgeMail is an advanced secure easy to manage and install high performance email server using fast browser based administration tools. Surgemail includes user and domain self administration.

Advanced spam prevention and virus filtering

Surgemail provides seven level spam and virus protection. The most effective spam prevention techniques are supported including SPF, RBL, challenge-response, white listing and hundreds of other options.

Unlimited users and domains

Surgemail is scalable to an unlimited number of users or domains. Surgemail's efficiency mean tens of thousands of users can be supported even on very modest hardware.

Brand new SurgeWeb Ajax / Web2 web email interface

A fast, efficient and customisable web email interface. Using advanced Web 2.0 / Ajax mechanisms this web interface provides the speed and ease of use normally only seen in a local email client.

RFC Standards Compliant "Free IMAP Mail Server"!

We take RFC compliance seriously. For example unlike many of our competitors our IMAP mail server module passes the rigourous unofficial IMAP test suite This means it's more likely to work seamlessly with multiple email clients (IPhones, Android etc...) without 'odd' behaviour.

Free Linux Mail Server or Free Windows Mail Server?

SurgeMail was designed to run on both Windows and Linux from day one. It is not a Linux product ported to Windows or visa versa, so it works properly in each environment, and you can choose at any time to move from one platform to the other (at no cost) or even run a mirrored cluster of both at once. This flexibility is very valuable as your company policies change you can maintain your email system without painful migrations/conversions. Our goal is to provide the best "free mailserver for linux or windows".

High Performance Free POP3 Mail Server

SurgeMail's POP3 mail server module is fast, RFC compliant, and totally reliable. And works with the IMAP mail server allowing users to seemlessly switch between IMAP and POP3 or even use both at once. Many normal servers cannot permit both protocols to be used at once! (Both IMAP and POP3 modules are standard with all SurgeMail versions)

Windows/Linux Free SMTP Server Software

The heart of your mail server is the SMTP protocol, SurgeMail's smtp module is designed to handle Incoming Email, Spam, Hackers and Local Users all at once. Many unique features are used to throttle spammers, detect and block hacking attempts, reject the bulk of spam and still accept all normal incoming email quickly and efficiently.

What is a "Secure Mail Server"?

  • Designed for security from the ground up, so it can't be exploited as a back door into your computer network.
  • Suports SSL protocol for login and smtp so messages and passwords are encrypted at all times and not visibly floating around on the internet for anyone to see/steal (as is common with most servers)
  • Includes optional 'SurgeVault' Encryption module for 'end to end' encryption
  • SurgeMails unique 'mirror' feature allows live replication of your configuration and mailboxes, this feature will save you your job! A nightly backup is just not a workable solution for your mail system when the most valuable data on your mail server is all 'new and unread' email that arrived within the last day!

RFC Standards Compliant "IMAP Mail Server"!

We take RFC compliance seriously. For example unlike many of our competitors our IMAP mail server module passes the rigourous unofficial IMAP test suite This means it's more likely to work seamlessly with multiple email clients (IPhones, Android etc...) without 'odd' behaviour.

Unparalelled technical support

Great technical support and a very helpful user community. Read the mailing list for more information, but often features will be implemented and ready to use a matter of days after someone has posted a new feature suggestion!

If you are looking for the best Linux mail server or the best Windows mail server on the market - don't look further - Surgemail has advanced features to rival any system in the world.