10 points 0o777 1 hour ago 5 comments
I mean both on your own server and on cheap but reliable VPS providers like Hetzner?
If you self-host email what is your current stack?
mlaretallack 58 minutes ago | parent
I have self hosted side 2001, mostly opensuse, with postfix, but the IMAP etc has changed over the years, now using dovecot. Yes its a pain, yes it takes effort, but just like some people spend there spare time painting, I run my own email server.
walrus01 47 minutes ago | parent
postfix, dovecot, rspamd on debian stable, with lots of custom configuration. The main problem is not really the server side or getting it set up right, if you know what you're doing, but outbound delivery if you're sending SMTP traffic from any kind of bulk hosting/VPS/VM/colo provider. No matter how impeccable your spf, dkim, dmarc is.
aabdelhafez 35 minutes ago | parent
nixos-mailserver[0] + ZohoMail as an outbound relay.
Works like a charm!
[0]: https://gitlab.com/simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver
vrubleg 28 minutes ago | parent
Hetzner even has a straightforward guide to setting up a self-hosted mail server:
https://community.hetzner.com/tutorials/setup-mailserver-wit...
I'm also considering self-hosting email, but pretty much everything I've read suggests that keeping your emails out of spam folders is a huge pain. Still exploring different options.
zh3 14 minutes ago | parent
Linode and hand the keys to Claude. It sets up dkim, dmarc, spf etc and will guide you through processing dmarc reports. Interestingly it's better than the previous (hand tuned over 15 years) setup in that even hotmail manages to receive email now.