Guides

Tasks step by step, for the people who use Bulwark and for the admins who run it: the admin console and the organisation settings, sign-in and security, plugins and troubleshooting.

Admin consoleManage runtime configuration, sign-in, branding, the user policy, plugins and themes in the admin console.Organisation settingsSignatures, external mail warnings, sign-out times, shared templates and tags, delegates, and settings per domain or group.Roll Bulwark out to an organisationA checklist for an IT department: what to set up in Stalwart, what to set in Bulwark, and what to test before people sign in.Domains and groupsGive the users of some domains, or the members of some groups, their own settings.Signatures and disclaimersGive every message the organisation's signature, filled in with each user's details, and a legal disclaimer.TemplatesGive every user a library of templates, let teams share templates in their shared mailbox, and keep users' own templates in their account.External mailLabel mail from outside the organisation and confirm before users send outside it.Sign-out timesSign users out after a time without activity, or a fixed time after they signed in.Third-party trafficStop Bulwark and your users' browsers from contacting any service outside your own servers, and check what stays reachable.Shared tagsGive the members of a shared mailbox the same tag names and colors, and decide who may change them.DelegatesLet users give a colleague access to their mail, calendars and contacts in one step, and limit what they can give.Recover deleted itemsLet users bring back mail they deleted for good, from Stalwart's archive of deleted items.Team inboxLet teams assign messages in a shared mailbox to a member and mark them done, with the Team inbox plugin.CustomizationCustomize the look and feel of Bulwark.Keyboard shortcutsAll keyboard shortcuts available in Bulwark.Embedded SSOEmbed Bulwark in an iframe with automatic single sign-on managed by a parent portal.PluginsWhat plugins can add to Bulwark, and how admins install and control them.Account securityManage password, 2FA, app passwords, and API keys from within Bulwark.Multi-account supportManage multiple simultaneous email accounts in Bulwark.S/MIMESign, encrypt, decrypt, and verify mail with S/MIME certificates.Extension marketplaceBrowse and install plugins and themes from a configurable extension directory.Master-user impersonationLand platform admins directly inside a tenant's mailbox via signed JWT handoff, without storing tenant passwords.TroubleshootingThe failures people hit, and what each one means.Moving from another webmailWhat moves on its own when you switch to Bulwark, and what you move by hand, for Roundcube, SnappyMail and Nextcloud Mail.Moving from RoundcubeContacts, filters, identities and settings from Roundcube to Bulwark on Stalwart.Moving from SnappyMailContacts, filters, identities and settings from SnappyMail to Bulwark on Stalwart.Moving from Nextcloud MailMail accounts, contacts and calendars from Nextcloud to Bulwark on Stalwart.