I've been running a private email server for nearly a decade. It serves as the primary email for both myself and the guy I was dating at the time. I use this e

I've been running a private email server for nearly a decade. It serves as the primary email for both myself and the guy I was dating at the time. I use this email for everything, and why wouldn't I? I have a domain with my first and last name, then my email is simply my first name. It's easy to spell out, looks professional, and since it's not one of the five other websites I don't get much spam. It took me probably a year or so to fully work out the kinks, but I can send and receive email to and from any service with no problem. Would I recommend running your own email server? No. Absolutely not. But you definitely can. If you want email attached to your domain, just pay a service. I use Hover for my domain names, and they offer free or reasonably priced email depending on your needs. Running a full in server is too much trouble IMO. Unless you're the kind of nerd who runs two dozen websites from a server in their closet, in which case go for it.