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Does anyone run their own email server? (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 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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[–] cow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I run my own on digitalocean. I used https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/emailwiz to set it up. I do not use it as my main email account. Relating to hosting it with your own hardware, your isp probably blocks forwarding port 25 which would make that impossible.

[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, I knew there was a gotcha. Yeah, I can't even entertain the idea of local email server... Well, sure, maybe some kind of intranet for family and friends, but they none of them really care for this stuff.

I am familiar with Luke Smith, hell I have probably seen the video explaining this. I jist thought it was like a CLI mail client. I will look into it.