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That's exiting. I know a number of people who use custom domains but don't actually self host because they like the flexibility to move between mail providers w

by swiley 5y ago

That's exiting. I know a number of people who use custom domains but don't actually self host because they like the flexibility to move between mail providers without losing their social graph. It would be awesome if this became more common.

remram 5y ago
I would love to self-host but I'm worried about losing emails. I self-host many services but this is the one thing that I need to be reliable (both inbound and outbound) and I can't claim to understand fully (DKIM etc). Redirecting emails doesn't work great though, Gmail marks a lot of incoming emails as spam, I assume signatures don't match after redirection.
- bombcar 5y ago
  What would be nice is a self-host that “hides” behind Google Apps or O365 thereby allowing you to change that part without changing the rest of your setup.
Tijdreiziger 5y ago
I think almost nobody who uses a custom domain self-hosts. From what I've heard it's very hard to get your mail delivered consistently if you run a small and/or young mailserver, and with the plethora of ~good, cheap mail hosts out there, there's really no reason to go the self-hosting route.
- navanchauhan 5y ago
  A lot of people (including me), do self-host emails. Nowadays, with software like Mail-In-A-Box, it’s as easy as one click install and few DNS settings. Although, I do concede in some rare occasions, not everything goes well.
- vbezhenar 5y ago
  While I don't self host anymore, I, personally, did not have problems with Gmail delivery once all things were properly set up. Have no idea about other providers. The thing that seems to be almost impossible to have with self-hosting is iOS push. What I don't like with self-hosting is that I can't really self-host my mail. It'll run in VPS which kind of defeats the purpose of self-hosting. I have my home server, but setting up PTR record is impossible (for reasonable money) with my home ISP. Also I guess that my home IP address will not have good reputation. And as I can't really self-host my mail, I just decided to delegate it to fastmail. I had my share of fun setting up postfix/dovecot/spamassassin, it was not that hard, just took some time, and I don't think that it makes a lot of sense to continue.
- ValentineC 5y ago
  > I think almost nobody who uses a custom domain self-hosts. Some people I know self-host receiving emails, since the largest hassle there is configuring a spam filter. Most people shouldn't self-host an SMTP server to send emails.
- swixmix 5y ago
  I halfway self host. Incoming mail comes right to me, no problem. But outgoing mail, by default, goes through a relay.
- swiley 5y ago
  >I think almost nobody who uses a custom domain self-hosts. I do. Many other people I know do. It's not hard and it's gotten easier. >it's very hard to get your mail delivered consistently The only place I've actually struggled to get mail delivered to is hotmail. Almost everyone deals with this though and very few people in my country use it now.

by swiley 5y ago

remram 5y ago

I would love to self-host but I'm worried about losing emails. I self-host many services but this is the one thing that I need to be reliable (both inbound and outbound) and I can't claim to understand fully (DKIM etc). Redirecting emails doesn't work great though, Gmail marks a lot of incoming emails as spam, I assume signatures don't match after redirection.

bombcar 5y ago
What would be nice is a self-host that “hides” behind Google Apps or O365 thereby allowing you to change that part without changing the rest of your setup.

Tijdreiziger 5y ago

I think almost nobody who uses a custom domain self-hosts. From what I've heard it's very hard to get your mail delivered consistently if you run a small and/or young mailserver, and with the plethora of ~good, cheap mail hosts out there, there's really no reason to go the self-hosting route.

navanchauhan 5y ago
A lot of people (including me), do self-host emails. Nowadays, with software like Mail-In-A-Box, it’s as easy as one click install and few DNS settings. Although, I do concede in some rare occasions, not everything goes well.
vbezhenar 5y ago
While I don't self host anymore, I, personally, did not have problems with Gmail delivery once all things were properly set up. Have no idea about other providers. The thing that seems to be almost impossible to have with self-hosting is iOS push. What I don't like with self-hosting is that I can't really self-host my mail. It'll run in VPS which kind of defeats the purpose of self-hosting. I have my home server, but setting up PTR record is impossible (for reasonable money) with my home ISP. Also I guess that my home IP address will not have good reputation. And as I can't really self-host my mail, I just decided to delegate it to fastmail. I had my share of fun setting up postfix/dovecot/spamassassin, it was not that hard, just took some time, and I don't think that it makes a lot of sense to continue.
ValentineC 5y ago
> I think almost nobody who uses a custom domain self-hosts. Some people I know self-host receiving emails, since the largest hassle there is configuring a spam filter. Most people shouldn't self-host an SMTP server to send emails.
swixmix 5y ago
I halfway self host. Incoming mail comes right to me, no problem. But outgoing mail, by default, goes through a relay.
swiley 5y ago
>I think almost nobody who uses a custom domain self-hosts. I do. Many other people I know do. It's not hard and it's gotten easier. >it's very hard to get your mail delivered consistently The only place I've actually struggled to get mail delivered to is hotmail. Almost everyone deals with this though and very few people in my country use it now.