Ask HN: The middle ground for email self-hosting?

Post by sirnoggin » Wed, May 04, 2022, 10:30 PM UTC

dugite-code wrote: post #52

dmje wrote: post #18

I just don't understand the attraction of self hosting email. The pain seems extreme, even for those who understand the considerable number of nuances. To me the happy middle ground is email on your own domain but using an existing provider such as G / MS or whoever. That way you've got control but don't need to worry about the pain. It does require paying for but really on balance not much. If you're spending more t…

I've selfhosted my own email for almost a decade now. I was spending about 5 min a month on it until my ip block rep died one day for little decernable reason. Then I wasted many hours on it so I switched to sending through amazon ses and I'm back to my 5 min a month (updating packages/checking logs). It has a few advantages because I can run a bunch of automations and filters. Honestly I get less spam than in my gma…

Post by sirnoggin » Wed, May 04, 2022, 10:55 PM UTC

superasn wrote: post #71

I think your best bet is Amazon ses. In my recent testing, all mail always go through - unless the recipient marks it thus. It's damn cheap too, like almost free for low volumes. I think Amazon uses this for their workmail also and has become pretty strict at policing abuse. I am only speaking for gmail though, so ymmv for hotmail et al which I haven't checked.

Post by JoshTriplett » Thu, May 05, 2022, 12:14 AM UTC

sirnoggin wrote: post #102

JoshTriplett wrote: post #34

I used to do something similar: I hosted my own IMAP, while using Gandi for receiving mail and sending mail. That meant I didn't lose mail on the receiving side if my mail server had an issue, and I didn't fail to deliver mail to others because I hadn't jumped through enough hoops. (Literally everyone I personally know who has run their own mail server has had one or both of those problems at least once.) This worked…

Whats's Gandi please?