Mistakes are what we learn from! 1) I like to have things in my own hand. On one hand It’s about having control over who could possibly have access to my mails

Mistakes are what we learn from! 1) I like to have things in my own hand. On one hand It’s about having control over who could possibly have access to my mails. If I were using Gmail for example I’d have to put up with data mining and the entirety of Google and their advertising partners possibly reading my mail. In my case only my Hoster, whom I trust, has access to my server. On the other hand it’s about flexibility. It’s my mail server and I can adjust whatever settings I like. I haven’t been using any spam filtering for example but It’d be trivial to set it up and tune it to my exact needs. I can also use other domains without much setting up. I’d just have to register the domain and point it to my server and all my addresses would work with that domain. I’ve unlimited addresses, some just forwarding via .qmail some running a full virtual IMAP/SMTP account with separate credentials. Those .qmail forwarding addresses are super useful btw! I’m using a unique address for every service I use which makes it trivial to find out who’s selling my data/where spam comes from. Delete the virtual address and voila, no more spam from them. Running my own mail server also makes backups easier I’d like to think. I just backup the right directory with cron from time to time. 2) Sure, there are hundreds of TLD’s to choose from. I’m sure I’d find one that’d be alright but I’ve used kevingrahl.de for as long as I can remember and all my friends and customers are accustomed to it. Using a .de address has the added benefit that in theory my government should drop all captured packages intended for surveillance (Germany can’t legally spy on its own citizens, it is known that they filter by TLD as a first step). Thanks!