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Is it useful to have your own mail server as a non-business? Just a private person. Configure SMTP and IMAP for it, sync with outlook I think.

Yay or nay, waste of time? What are your thoughts?

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[–] nolo_me@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Everyone should at least give it a try, if only so your decision not to is well informed instead of following cargo cult advice.

[–] OddInstruction20@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

100% on this suggestion.

i use to setup qmail to host a few domains, works really well, even mail blast is like really efficient. picked up a lot of fundamental about email, dns, ssl along the way.

just make sure you put a good filtering system before the email reaches your server. like mimecast, proofpoint, etc.

nowadays, you can further secure your access to pop3,imap on email server using service like cloudflare tunnel.

[–] nolo_me@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I've been hosting my own email server for 20 years. Not at home though, fuck trying to do it on a dynamic IP. Also fuck 123-reg for mangling my DKIM and making me think I was going mad.

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