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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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[–] gesis@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (10 children)

My first IT job was as mail admin.

I wouldn't wish that shit on anybody.

[–] Bubbagump210@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I remember that job and also building the server myself from scratch. Qmail, Squirrelmail, Dovecot and all that. It lasted about a year until we bought something as it was hell. Now days with IP reputation and spam filters - even if the server ran, you’d never get anything delivered outbound.

OP, the most I would do is an SMTP server that relays through Gmail for delivering alerts from monitoring systems. Anything else is pain.

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

Mailcow.email

Mailinabox

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