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I host my own postfix server on FreeBSD and use the Evolution IMAP client on Linux. I haven't been in a situation where I need web access to mail in years so fo
by phaser 8y ago
I host my own postfix server on FreeBSD and use the Evolution IMAP client on Linux. I haven't been in a situation where I need web access to mail in years so for me it's equivalent.
I started out about 6 months ago with this great guide:
https://www.c0ffee.net/blog/mail-server-guide/ https://www.c0ffee.net/blog/mail-server-guide/
The cost of a convenience like having a free email account is participating in the demise of the protocol-based networks that we have replaced with centralized products. There's many other great IMAP clients and maybe some of the features of Gmail/Inbox can be recreated using server side rules and scripts.
- giobox 8y agoWhile this is still email, this arguably stretches credibility as a suggested alternative for someone looking to replace Google’s Inbox app! Classic hacker news “just roll your own email server”...
- borplk 8y agoEvery time an email client is mentioned here there's this classic and repetitive comment thread under it that goes like this: - I run my own postfix, dovecot, mutt, emacs, gnupg, gpg, pfsense yadda yadda (on OpenBSD!) works great ... - Email is too tricky to run yourself nowadays - Works fine for me for the past 100 years (OpenBSD vry stble, much solid) - ...
- thiht 8y agoThat's not an alternative to Inbox at all. That's an alternative to Gmail, which is clearly not what the op asked