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Yes, but not for long. Migrating to a self-hosted mail server is one of my top priorities [1] for 2013. [1] - http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/03/2

by yuvadam 14y ago

Yes, but not for long. Migrating to a self-hosted mail server is one of my top priorities [1] for 2013. [1] - http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/03/26/andrew_weissmann_fbi_wants_real_time_gmail_dropbox_spying_power.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/03/26/andrew_we...

ashleyblackmore 14y ago
Any ideas/plans for how you will do the migration?
- yuvadam 14y ago
  I don't really care about Gmail 'features' that I will be missing out on, spam detection is probably the thing I'll miss the most, but that's a tradeoff I can live with. Other than that, there's the thing that I need to trust my VM provider, but that much easier than trusting a data mining conglomerate with your private conversations. In the end, self hosting an email server isn't that big of a deal to set up and maintain.
  - specto 14y ago
    Spam is really the only reason I haven't switched over to self-hosting at this point. Does anyone know of a good service or method to provide similar spam protection that google provides?
    - oelmekki 14y ago
      Spamassassin does quite a good job at spam detection. And you can configure its aggressiveness to fit what you prefer.
  - hosay123 14y ago
    I used to believe that spam detection was the critical component that would be difficult to replace, but going back about a year now I don't believe that's true any more. I've even seen Gmail mark its own address confirmation mails as spam, along with many mails from people I frequently converse with.
  - cmsj 14y ago
    Email isn't private unless it's encrypted :)
    - nileshgr 14y ago
      You can always setup block level encryption using dm-crypt/lvm in a Linux VM.
antihero 14y ago
I too want to do this but I haven't seen a self-hosted interface and spam filtering that really competes with Gmail :(
- Bjoern 14y ago
  Greylisting, Amavis with Spamassassin, SPF, DKIM works for me, but your mileage may vary.
kibwen 14y ago
I'm highly interested in doing the same, can you recommend any resources that describe the process of setting up a self-hosted mail server?
- Bjoern 14y ago
  Depends how much flexibility you want/need. Dovecot is pretty easy and straight forward. Here is one with virtual domains, etc. might be overkill for your usecase though. http://workaround.org/ispmail/squeeze http://workaround.org/ispmail/squeeze I personally run a stack over courier and some other hacks ontop of rdeliver, which works really nicely. Important: Please always make sure to check that you don't run an open relay.

by yuvadam 14y ago

ashleyblackmore 14y ago

Any ideas/plans for how you will do the migration?

yuvadam 14y ago
I don't really care about Gmail 'features' that I will be missing out on, spam detection is probably the thing I'll miss the most, but that's a tradeoff I can live with. Other than that, there's the thing that I need to trust my VM provider, but that much easier than trusting a data mining conglomerate with your private conversations. In the end, self hosting an email server isn't that big of a deal to set up and maintain.
- specto 14y ago
  Spam is really the only reason I haven't switched over to self-hosting at this point. Does anyone know of a good service or method to provide similar spam protection that google provides?
  - oelmekki 14y ago
    Spamassassin does quite a good job at spam detection. And you can configure its aggressiveness to fit what you prefer.
- hosay123 14y ago
  I used to believe that spam detection was the critical component that would be difficult to replace, but going back about a year now I don't believe that's true any more. I've even seen Gmail mark its own address confirmation mails as spam, along with many mails from people I frequently converse with.
- cmsj 14y ago
  Email isn't private unless it's encrypted :)
  - nileshgr 14y ago
    You can always setup block level encryption using dm-crypt/lvm in a Linux VM.

antihero 14y ago

I too want to do this but I haven't seen a self-hosted interface and spam filtering that really competes with Gmail :(

Bjoern 14y ago
Greylisting, Amavis with Spamassassin, SPF, DKIM works for me, but your mileage may vary.

kibwen 14y ago

I'm highly interested in doing the same, can you recommend any resources that describe the process of setting up a self-hosted mail server?

Bjoern 14y ago
Depends how much flexibility you want/need. Dovecot is pretty easy and straight forward. Here is one with virtual domains, etc. might be overkill for your usecase though. http://workaround.org/ispmail/squeeze http://workaround.org/ispmail/squeeze I personally run a stack over courier and some other hacks ontop of rdeliver, which works really nicely. Important: Please always make sure to check that you don't run an open relay.