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Re: "We really should host our own email servers on VPSes"
I run my own mail server for maybe two years. No ready-made solutions, just Postfix, Dovecot and OpenDKIM on DigitalOcean. I've configured RDNS, SPF, DKIM, DMARC.
No problems with delivery to Gmail, but yes, Outlook bounces because of my IP range which is a stupid move from them and I'm not going to do anything with it. Who ever uses Outlook? The only spam database I'm in is UCEPROTECT level 3, but it's just a scam (why is it ever listed anywhere?)
I don't implement any anti-spam measures. Since the beginning I've had maybe 300 spam and scam messages that I've manually deleted, which is not that annoying (but I'm going to install Rspamd)
The main problem I see is the lack of guides with deep explanation of configuration. This is because not too many people deploy their own email servers. So let's increase demand! Don't be afraid of self-hosting email!
Sep 19 · 3 months ago
👾 fab [OP] · Sep 19 at 20:20:
@kotovalexarian Yes, UCEPROTECT are mainly scammers who want to extort mail server admins. Those who use their lists don't *want* to receive email.
I use MailCow as my email solution, because it's easy to install, upgrade and maintain. A self setup of postfix, dovecot and all the necessaries scares me a little because it's easy to make mistakes in the configs which may compromise security (at least in my case).
But of course the main thing is to bring more people to selfhost their email servers, so: Good work!
🚀 hedgehog · Sep 22 at 19:11:
Also read Solene's thoughts about this => gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/email-selfhost-to-protonmail.gmi
👾 fab [OP] · Sep 22 at 22:49:
@hedgehog yes, sad to see anotherone leave the email self-hosting space. At least they doesn't use google or outlook. All in all a VPS is only someone elses computer. I know that. But I need a functioning IMAP and don't have a problem with strong passwords. For security reasons I use MailCow, because it's well maintained and has sensible defaults.
👾 jecxjo · Oct 15 at 01:10:
i have been self hosting my email for over a decade. Honestly the setup and maintenance isn't an issue. My biggest problem is the cost of a VPS. If i ever get fiber I'll host from home but until then i have to shell out money for someone else to run a computer for me.
I would probably drop my email hosting and go paper correspondence for most things if it wasn't such a pain to switch the few things i still use email for to a new address.
We really should host our own email servers on VPSes — I got an email reply from someone who discovered my email 10 days after sending in his spam folder. I'm not sure why - maybe he hosts his domain at Outlook.com or Gmail and it's difficult to build up reputation for these A-holes. Or it may be because my VPS provider is on the UCEPROTECT-L3 blocklist (again). But I really like plaintext email despite all of it's problems. So I think the smolnet/IndieWeb community members should run their own...
💬 fab · 37 comments · 4 likes · Aug 28 · 4 months ago