> If someone decides that a particular service is neat to host on rented servers I won’t fault them for it. Neither will I. It is an endeavor worthy of praise

> If someone decides that a particular service is neat to host on rented servers I won’t fault them for it. Neither will I. It is an endeavor worthy of praise. > And I consider things that you manage on your own to be self-hosted even if you don’t own the hardware it’s running on. This is where I will disagree and stand fast. If you do not “host” it yourself, you are not “self-hosting”. You might be maintaining it. You might be administrating it. But you are not hosting it. > You decided to rent a $5 VPS for your email? You’ll still learn things from that even if the server is not in your home. I agree, and it is certainly something I wish that more people would attempt. > And I will perfectly agree that it fits the name self-hosted email. It may be said to be “self-administrated” or “self-maintained”. But it is not “self-hosted”.