Do any of us host their own email?

I have been thinking of completely going off Google. I have a Nextcloud server for documents and contacts and calendar. Thinking of moving mail away too. Currently I am conflicted between hosting my own email server. On searching only advice I am getting is not to do it.

How many of the homelabers do host their own email server? What software do you use? Any tips.

lloydsmart ,

I use Mail-in-a-Box on a VM at home. Static IP from my ISP. Been working well for years now. I recommend it.

If your IP isn’t trusted you could always use an SMTP relay somewhere else.

CarbonatedPastaSauce ,

Been hosting my own email in my home with Exchange Server for almost 2 decades. I don’t recommend it unless you have experience and a MSDN account though.

Email used to be easy, but with all the anti spam and trust setup required these days it’s a bit more difficult for the inexperienced. You’re going to need to know DNS, SMTP, certificates, and have a plan for message hygiene (anti spam / anti malware).

That said, if you want to do it and can suffer some issues while you’re learning, go for it. That’s how you get experience. :)

ikidd ,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

I use Mailcow Dockerized with no issues. But I’ve also ran email servers for 3 decades personally and professionally. If you try it, I would start out with a completely different domain and be prepared to be down for a long time while you figure out how to appease the anti-spam gods with things like SPF, DKIM, DMARC and DNS issues.

pp99 ,

I run postfix and dovecot at a server at home with no issues for a few years now.

IphtashuFitz ,

Pretty much the same here, but in a linode vps that hosts a few other things as well.

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