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Self-hosting email is a fool's errand. I used to do it. I'll never do it again. It requires way too much specific knowledge about how the entire email system wo
by leptons 2y ago
Self-hosting email is a fool's errand. I used to do it. I'll never do it again. It requires way too much specific knowledge about how the entire email system works. You have to really want to learn everything about running an email server and everything about email to be successful, and even then your ISP could get in the way, as well as all kinds of spam blocker services that you have to deal with to get your special email server unblocked. It was a nightmare, and it's honestly worth paying a few bucks a month for someone else to deal with that. I have a ton of other way more important things to do with my time.
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- dwedge 2y agoEmail hosting is absolutely the lowest maintenance of everything I host. For anyone else reading this, if you follow 'mox quickstart' it will help you set up your DNS correctly so you don't have the above experience.
- leptons 2y agoCongratulations for not hosting anything interesting, I guess? My self-hosted VPN is the lowest maintenance thing ever - it just runs, and I never have to touch it. I host quite a bit of stuff, but email was daunting. Every week it was some new fresh hell. Spam blocking lists were the worst of it, and no I wasn't spamming anyone.