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Running your own mail server is like having a pet dog. You have to keep it in good shape, exercise it, feed it well .. chain it up when necessary, clean up aft
by fit2rule 7y ago
Running your own mail server is like having a pet dog. You have to keep it in good shape, exercise it, feed it well .. chain it up when necessary, clean up after it and so on. Keep the neighbours kids from stealing it and using it to deliver drugs, etc.
If you treat it like a pet, it makes it a lot easier to manager. "Oh, did I forget to check the mail logs this week", and so on..
- MiscIdeaMaker99 7y agoI don't see self-hosting email as being any different than any other self-hosting service. I mean, take "mail server" out of our your analogy above, and replace it with "web server," and everything still applies.
- al_form2000 7y agoNo, it does not. Read the thread to know why.
- MiscIdeaMaker99 7y agoI've been a sysadmin for 20 years, so I suppose I just see things differently than you.
- al_form2000 7y agoBeen a sysadmin for 25 years myself.
- fit2rule 7y ago30 years here. Still got my old dogs, through thick and thin.