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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm going to start off but saying I know that self-hosting email can be a bad idea. That being said, I'm trying to de-googlfy my life and would like to experiment.

I have a VPS and a domain that doesn't get used for much at the moment. I'd like to try configuring a full mail suite on that domain and see if I can make it work. I've been looking into the various options on this list and was hoping for some feed back on options that people have used. If this works out it would be fairly low volume.

Ideally I'd like a full solution that includes web administration if at all possible. I think I'm leaning towards mailcow but it might be overkill.

I'd appreciate any input on what has or hasn't worked for people. Thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I've run mail servers professionally since the 90s, I run my own mail via Mailcow. Be sure you know what you're doing on things like SPF and DKIM or you're going to have a bad time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you elaborate on this?

I am looking into doing the same as op and I have no idea what I'm doing.

If you have been running servers since the 90s, can you provide the list of do and donts?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

After setting up mailcow, configure the mailbox to use an external relay (mailgun, Amazon SES, etc). This will cut down your potential headache since the actual mail delivery is handled by someone else. Now you only need to focus on making sure you can receive mails.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

And do use their guide for spf, dkim and dmarc

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