Hello everyone,
v3.1.1 is out.
The headline feature is email aliases - a disposable address layer built directly into DockFlare Mail, no third-party service required. Alongside that, a round of webmail UI improvements landed in this release including inline settings, bulk email actions, and a handful of dark mode and layout fixes.
Highlights
- Email aliases: create disposable addresses that route to your real mailbox
- Alias enforcement at the Cloudflare Worker layer - unknown aliases rejected at the SMTP level
- Outbound reply support: reply from an alias, not your real address
- Bulk email actions: select, trash, and move multiple messages at once
- Settings redesigned as an inline split panel
- Date and time format selector: US, European, or ISO 8601
What's New
Email Aliases
Thanks to [@f3vkx](https://github.com/f3vkx) for the idea in [#348](#348).
You can now create email aliases that forward mail to your real mailbox while keeping your actual address private - similar to SimpleLogin or addy.io, but self-hosted and built into the platform.
Aliases are enforced at the Cloudflare Worker layer via KV lookups. Mail to an unknown or deactivated alias is rejected at the SMTP level before it ever reaches your server.
Full management is available from the webmail Settings panel:
- Generate an alias automatically or define a custom local-part
- Add a label and description for organisation
- Set an optional expiry date - expired aliases are deactivated automatically by an hourly background job and their KV entries cleaned up from Cloudflare
- Toggle aliases active or inactive at any time
- Track usage count per alias
Outbound reply support: when you reply to a message that arrived via an alias, the compose dialog pre-selects that alias as the sender. Your real address stays hidden end to end.
Rate limiting: 20 alias creations per hour and 100 aliases per mailbox, enforced server-side.
Inline Settings Panel
The settings modal is replaced with a split-panel view inside the main mail area. Clicking any folder closes settings and returns to mail. Three new sections added: Appearance (date/time format), About (project links, PWA install), and Help (documentation placeholder).
Bulk Email Actions
Multi-select mode in the message list with select-all, trash, and folder move controls.
Webmail UI Refinements
Animated logo in the sidebar and login page, sidebar controls reorganised, folder section label cleaned up, and several unnecessary dividers removed.
Notes
No changes to the DockFlare Master, agent, or Docker Compose configuration. Webmail and Mail Manager update by pulling the new images.
For the full breakdown see [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/ChrispyBacon-dev/DockFlare/blob/stable/CHANGELOG.md).
Happy tunnelling,
Christian