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I've set up a personal mail server using Debian + Exim + Dovecot (with sieve). It took a bit of time at the start, but besides the couple of hours it took to ad
by icebraining 8y ago
I've set up a personal mail server using Debian + Exim + Dovecot (with sieve). It took a bit of time at the start, but besides the couple of hours it took to add DMARC a couple of years ago, and checking the backups are working, I never have to touch it. I give out a different address for each company, so dealing with spam is just blacklisting it (only happened an handful of times).
- 8fingerlouie 8y agoMy main issue is that my ISP blocks SMTP(S) ports, meaning i'll have to host it on a VPS somewhere. While i would avoid being indexed, i wouldn't truly own my data anyway. I have a 300/300 mbit fiber connection, so in theory i could mount the storage over VPN, but that just adds more places things can go wrong. Also, i remember from running my own mailserver 5-8 years ago, that keeping it off various spam blacklists is a job in itself.
- icebraining 8y agoYes, ISP restrictions are a pain. If they only block outbound connections to port 25, you could receive directly, and use a smarthost (on a VPS or an email service) just to send. That's what I did when I ran it at home (my ISP didn't block, but the IP range was listed on Spamhaus PBL). As for blacklists, that's not been my experience at all, but YMMV.
- fallenhitokiri 8y agoWhat's your experience with spam filters from Google, MS, etc etc and (if it happened) the server being down? Do most senders retry mail delivery according to the RFC?
- icebraining 8y agoHaven't had problems with spam filters. I did spend some time making sure everything was good (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, reverse DNS, etc), and I don't send any bulk mail. Yes, senders do retry; I got plenty of back mail after being down for a couple of days, back in 2015.