Ask HN: What Mail Server Do You Use?

#1

Post by coreyja » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 7:56 AM UTC

Hey Hackers,

I am looking to move some of my personal projects and portfolio site from WebFaction over to DigitalOcean. Right now I use WebFactions mail servers for a few of my custom domains.

And was wondering what you guys use for mail servers. Do you use a hosted mail server, or do you host your own? Free, Paid or open source? Any recommendations for a small scale email server to use?

Thanks guys!

Re: Ask HN: What Mail Server Do You Use?

#2

Post by jdn » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 8:12 AM UTC

Dovecot on an Arch DigitalOcean droplet. Then pull the mail into GMail for ease of use and because I don't trust my own sys-admin skills not to blow up in my face.

Re: Ask HN: What Mail Server Do You Use?

#3

Post by jacquesm » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 8:13 AM UTC

I use postfix, self hosted with some outside assistance.

Yesterday swombat pointed this out to me:

https://github.com/al3x/sovereign

There might be something in there for you.

Re: Ask HN: What Mail Server Do You Use?

#4

Post by smagch » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 9:57 AM UTC

Mandrill gives you 12000 free email transaction per month. On top of that, they offer integration with MailChimp. Therefore, I recommend mandrill!

http://mandrill.com/

Re: Ask HN: What Mail Server Do You Use?

#5

Post by coreyja » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 10:59 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #3

I use postfix, self hosted with some outside assistance. Yesterday swombat pointed this out to me: https://github.com/al3x/sovereign There might be something in there for you.

Ya that project looks awesome. There are a few things he has I don't think I will run, but I think I'll start with it and go from there. Thanks man.

Re: Ask HN: What Mail Server Do You Use?

#6

Post by Liongadev » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 12:57 PM UTC

http://www.hmailserver.com/ works really well

Re: Ask HN: What Mail Server Do You Use?

#7

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 1:46 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What Mail Server Do You Use?

#8

Post by mcmak » Sat, Aug 24, 2013, 5:19 PM UTC

jdn wrote: post #2

Dovecot on an Arch DigitalOcean droplet. Then pull the mail into GMail for ease of use and because I don't trust my own sys-admin skills not to blow up in my face.

Do you pay anything for the gmail integration?

Re: Ask HN: What Mail Server Do You Use?

#9

Post by blakdawg » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 6:01 AM UTC

Postfix. Self-hosted for privacy/confidentiality.

Re: Ask HN: What Mail Server Do You Use?

#10

Post by pdfcollect » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 4:28 PM UTC

smagch wrote: post #4

Mandrill gives you 12000 free email transaction per month. On top of that, they offer integration with MailChimp. Therefore, I recommend mandrill! http://mandrill.com/

Anyone knows if something like this exists for python?