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Google Is Holding All Your Old Free G Suite Accounts Hostage

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Re: Google Is Holding All Your Old Free G Suite Accounts Hostage

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Post by sschueller »

Any suggestions on a stack if one wants to run their own mail server? Debian with postfix and some sort of round cube still the way to go?

I am aware of what it entails regarding IP "cleaning", setting a reverse record, SPF and DKIM. Just looking for tips on the software stack side.

Re: Google Is Holding All Your Old Free G Suite Accounts Hostage

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Post by scumola »

sschueller wrote: post #2

Any suggestions on a stack if one wants to run their own mail server? Debian with postfix and some sort of round cube still the way to go? I am aware of what it entails regarding IP "cleaning", setting a reverse record, SPF and DKIM. Just looking for tips on the software stack side.

any linux distro with postfix would be the best/fastest self-hosted solution

Re: Google Is Holding All Your Old Free G Suite Accounts Hostage

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Post by kardianos »

sschueller wrote: post #2

Any suggestions on a stack if one wants to run their own mail server? Debian with postfix and some sort of round cube still the way to go? I am aware of what it entails regarding IP "cleaning", setting a reverse record, SPF and DKIM. Just looking for tips on the software stack side.

You could try maddy: https://maddy.email/ An all-in-one stack.

Re: Google Is Holding All Your Old Free G Suite Accounts Hostage

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Post by kevingadd »

scumola wrote: post #3

Yet another good, working service that Google shuts down for the almighty dollar

I don't even mind paying for it but the nature of the transition and the cost for the features is obscene. For example, I have a secondary address for business reasons and in the new g suite that has to be an "account" which costs money every month

Re: Google Is Holding All Your Old Free G Suite Accounts Hostage

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Post by throwaway290 »

IMSAI8080 wrote: post #4

I migrated to Zoho back in January for email and opened a regular Google account for YouTube etc. Just waiting for them to kick me off now.

How did it go for you and how does Zoho compare? Did you migrate from free G suite specifically? Did you have custom domains?

Re: Google Is Holding All Your Old Free G Suite Accounts Hostage

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Post by mholt »

kardianos wrote: post #6
sschueller wrote: post #2

Any suggestions on a stack if one wants to run their own mail server? Debian with postfix and some sort of round cube still the way to go? I am aware of what it entails regarding IP "cleaning", setting a reverse record, SPF and DKIM. Just looking for tips on the software stack side.

You could try maddy: https://maddy.email/ An all-in-one stack.

I love the idea of maddy. (I swear it's inspired by Caddy but I have no proof.) I do kinda wish it was just made into a Caddy module, though.

Re: Google Is Holding All Your Old Free G Suite Accounts Hostage

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Post by exac »

sschueller wrote: post #2

Any suggestions on a stack if one wants to run their own mail server? Debian with postfix and some sort of round cube still the way to go? I am aware of what it entails regarding IP "cleaning", setting a reverse record, SPF and DKIM. Just looking for tips on the software stack side.

There is a hidden cost to this though. Running your own email server, or even having a lesser-known company manage your email server, can cause your emails to be sent to spam without any action on your part. You aren't notified when your email goes to a spam folder, so you always have to worry that the recipient of your emails didn't receive the email, even if you only ever send legitimate emails. If you stay on top of all the best-practices for running your own mail server, your hidden cost is the mind-share that that takes.
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