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As someone who managed email (postfix / dovecot) for the Engineering program at a university for over a decade - I would highly recommend that people not do thi
by ktm5j 2y ago
As someone who managed email (postfix / dovecot) for the Engineering program at a university for over a decade - I would highly recommend that people not do this. At least not for email that's important to you. It's just too easy for something to go wrong and you won't notice until it's too late.
While I'm every bit qualified to run my own email service, I don't. I pay protonmail to do that for me these days and save myself a lot of time, effort and stress.
- stackskipton 2y agoSame, I'm qualified to do it but turning it over to Microsoft for 8 bucks/mth for wife and I was no brainer. We get 50GB Mailboxes and working ActiveSync. Web Interface is much improved as well.
- johnklos 2y agoAny post about self-hosting email inevitably gets posts from people who think it's their place to tell others what not to do. Replace "email" in what you wrote with "web". Is it just too easy for something to go wrong? Sure, for certain kinds of people. Everyone should just stop hosting servers altogether, if we're worried about things possibly going wrong. People here, generally, aren't technically illiterate. We don't need you to tell us that because you're not comfortable doing something, we shouldn't.
- ktm5j 2y agoOkay dude.. I'm offering feedback based on actual experience I have. You're free to ignore it if you want, but don't attack me for my opinions. It's obvious when your website goes down. It's not obvious that emails aren't being delivered and you've missed something important that you'll never see.
- johnklos 2y agoI'm not attacking you. I just see too many people say to not do something, and think that's a silly thing to say to a technical crowd. Also, I don't agree that it's not obvious when something goes down. You don't know how I or my users check my email. If anything, I hear from people much more quickly when there's an issue with email than web!
- ktm5j 2y agoYou can check your email, everything will show up fine (or at least what you think is everything).. that doesn't mean there's not some problem with email delivery that you don't know about. To reply to something you said in your first comment, as someone with over a decade of experience it is my place to share my thoughts about this subject. If you want to ignore my thoughts go ahead, I could care less.. but I don't appreciate how you're acting like I'm doing something wrong.
- 7bit 2y agoThat's called a lively discussion. What's your problem with that? People here are not technically illiterate, but we aren't smart either, are we? Most of the articles found here talk about issues found while working on or with XYZ. Why do you think that is? Because the people here make mistakes, too, or make wrong decisions. And hosting your own email requires lots of knowledge about server and email security, so a voice emphasizing that is just as much a contribution as a voice emphasizing that you can host your own email.