I think you missed something critical in ebeister's comment. It wasn't "how can I do it?" It was "how can I do it within this severely limiting constraint?" Yo

I think you missed something critical in ebeister's comment. It wasn't "how can I do it?" It was "how can I do it within this severely limiting constraint?" You might argue that a few hours a month isn't much time for working email, but it is when Google will reduce it to 0 for you. In a hierarchy of needs, food is far more important than email, and despite this very few of us try to completely manage our own farm. Getting an email server up and running is trivial, just like planting a few crops in the garden is. It's the reliability and maintenance that is the hard part.