Re: Email self-hosting solution

[jturgeon <bbs@bbs.copland.systems>]

I've self-hosted email on and off over a couple years, ultimately decided I did not have the time to keep up with maintenance and upfront configuration effort of the server(s), this was before I knew about configuration management tools like Ansible. My email stack was OpenBSD with OpenSMTPD, Dovecot. It was a really good learning experience and I recommend everyone try it at least once.

Would I switch to a self hosted email system as my primary, Like the other Josh mentioned deliverability is important for business and personal email. I'd rather have a contract with a paid email provider that is a little more reliable than my 1 - 2 server setup.

People argue hosting your own email is more secure, but what I've come to realise over the years is that email is not secure, and you can not make it secure unless everyone and everything starts using pgp. 

There are providers like Proton and Tuta, but I just don't see a point in e2e encryption when the emails are sent via SMTP, plus you then need to use their email client / bridge program which is a pain.

Anyway I think if you read the privacy policy and the terms and conditions for a paid provider, and they are acceptable to YOU (as a primary email system solution). Use that instead of hosting your own email.

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