20 sats \ 0 replies \ @petertodd OP 25 Dec 2022
Posting this in response to Lopp's "The Death of Decentralization" talk: #110546
Lots of examples in this thread of people successfully hosting their own email. Claiming you can't at all is unnecessary fearmongering.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 26 Dec 2022
Yes, I host my own email server and domain, for personal use, for almost 20 years.
If you know how to properly configure all the things for an email server, you have nothing to worry (SMTP, MX, DMARC, PTR etc).
For spam usage there are plenty of free shit, that you don't need to mess with your personal stuff.
Here I wrote an article about how to avoid to be spammed.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @02d6987ce2 26 Dec 2022
We self host and have never had issues.
We don’t do bulk mailouts though, if we did we’d use a provider.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 25 Dec 2022
I just read the post. I must say there is valid criticism by the reply that argued that the fixed ip address issue is "solved" by outsourcing to a hosted mail provider. Kind of begs the question, no? Can anyone knowledgeable in this area explain why affordable fixed ip addresses seem impossible to achieve.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @petertodd OP 26 Dec 2022
Getting a fixed IP address is really easy, and cheap. I for example have one with my residential internet connection for another $5/month. You also get one with almost all VPS/Colo/etc hosting.
I think you are misunderstanding the tech here.
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 26 Dec 2022
Can you explain what you meant about the tech? I am actually curious about hosting my own email. I think what I was referring to was the first reply on HN. Specifically this comment:
"The primary issue brought up is deliverability. If you don't have a static IP, or you don't have control over your reverse DNS PTR, or the reputation of your IP is poor, then pay a company to smarthost your outgoing mail through them. It's a few $ a month, and poof! Problem solved.
By that "logic" self-hosting is easy because I could have a third party handle outbound AND inbound mail, which is essentially standard mail hosting with a custom domain.
Plus you cannot just turn-key create a high reputation, you start out with low and your emails will be dropped into spam."
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @petertodd OP 26 Dec 2022
That's suggesting an option to get around not having a static IP. The other option is to just get a static IP. That's not difficult or expensive.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 26 Dec 2022
I'm on a mission to price options in my area
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @petertodd OP 26 Dec 2022
Are you familiar with the term "colocation"? That lets you put your hardware in someone else's data center. Most cities have colo hosting available.
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