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I self-hosted my own email for about 15 years, but, managing an email server, even with just a single user, requires an insane amount of dedication and time. It
by mmh0000 3y ago
I self-hosted my own email for about 15 years, but, managing an email server, even with just a single user, requires an insane amount of dedication and time. It got to the point where I just didn't want to deal with it (IP rep, gmail, outlook, spam, l33t h4x0rs, backscatter, joe jobs, any of it) anymore.
I looked at a few different hosted email options and settled on Fastmail. I'm now hosting all 12 of my domains with catch-all and redirects. I prepaid for something like 3 years. And it's so great... After initial setup, I've had to do zero admin. And the initial setup was pretty easy, they imported all my email from my email server, I moved all my contacts from iCloud, and linked in my iCloud calendars.
I'm not getting paid for this, I know I sound like an Ad, but I'm not. I'm just incredibly happy and relieved. Also, a shout-out to their support, before giving them any money I harassed them with a bunch of questions and they were super responsive.