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[Question] Does anyone run their own email server? (lemmy.one)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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All this new excitement with Lemmy and federation has got me thinking that maybe I should learn to run my own instance. What always comes up though is how email is the orginal federated technology.

I am looking at proxmox and see that is has a built in email server, so now I am wondering if it is time to role my own.

I stopped using gmail a long time ago, and right now I use ProtonMail, but I am super frustrated with the dumb limitation of only having a single account for the app. I get why they do it, and I am willing to pay, but it is pricey and I don't know if that is my best option. I guess it is worth it since ProtonVPN is included. It looks like they are expanding their suite.

Is it worth it? Can I make it secure? Is it stupid to run it off a local computer on my home network?

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

How do you send mail with it? I've played around with using Postfix and never had luck with the outbound mail side, largely because my ISP blocks port 25 and I couldn't ever figure out how to authenticate with public SMTP relays (like Gmail's, for instance) such that they will actually let me send emails from my domain.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    the documentation for iRedmail covers your question. I abandoned trying to host locally because my ISP blocks all email related ports.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Can you point me to where it describes sending email? I can't seem to find that mentioned. When you say you abandoned trying to host locally, did you move to a more "traditional" public email service like Outlook or Gmail or did you continue selfhosting, just on a VPS or similar? If the latter, are there any services you recommend?

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