Re: [bitfolk] Mail Severs

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Author: Martijn Grooten
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Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Mail Severs
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 03:01:17PM +0100, Matt Horrocks wrote:
> "I use debian+exim+dovecot+prayer webmail. One of these days I'm going to give
> up and pay fastmail or someone similar to maintain it."
>
> That's possibly one of the best things I did last year.


It's a bit like growing your own vegetables. If you don't particularly                                                                                                                                                                                                         
enjoy doing it, you shouldn't do it, as the alternatives are easier and                                                                                                                                                                                                        
probably even cheaper.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         


I like running my own mail server and it's fairly hassle-free once set                                                                                                                                                                                                         
up properly, but it wasn't exactly trivial and it's easy to do things                                                                                                                                                                                                          
wrong and miss emails, or start spamming.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      


FWIW, I use Postfix and Dovecot and have set up both SPF and DKIM. I                                                                                                                                                                                                           
have a professional interest in spam, so I don't filter much. I'm the                                                                                                                                                                                                          
only user, so Mutt works fine for me.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          


Martijn.