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I've been hosting my own mail for more, than a decade. It pays off; eg. I can access it even in China, unlike gmail. Despite the myths, it's not _that_ hard to
by pmlnr 8y ago
I've been hosting my own mail for more, than a decade.
It pays off; eg. I can access it even in China, unlike gmail.
Despite the myths, it's not _that_ hard to set it up, but you do need your clean own ipv4 address for everything to go smooth - I mean go around and get it off blacklists before you actually start using it as mail server.
Test it here: https://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx https://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx
Once that's done, things like SPF, DKIM, DMARC are time consuming to set up, but not particularly hard or tricky, and there are tonnes of good guides out there.
- jlelse 8y agoThe problem is that for some people it's even to hard to switch to another provider than Gmail, how are they supposed to setup their own mail server?
- thaumasiotes 8y agoIf you have an ISP, that ISP is providing you email _right now_. Not being able to find another provider isn't an issue.
- viraptor 8y ago> you do need your clean own ipv4 address Actually you need to clean /24 your address belongs to. Some people use blacklists which assign reputation to the whole /24 and unless you control that, you're going to have a bad day. (Yes, it's a really silly idea to use those lists, but some people do. And you want their users to get your emails.)
- bradleyjg 8y agoI had my own mail service. I switched to gmail when it first came out because the spam filtering was much much better than anything than available to the public. Kind of like why I switched from altavista to google search. What's the spam filtering picture like for DIY these days?