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Re: Mail-in-a-Box

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Post by amiraliakbari »

corv wrote: post #37
treenyc wrote: post #17

How does it compare to iRedMail? http://www.iredmail.org Does it support multiple domains?

iRedMail has been around much longer. Mailinabox has a simple admin web-interface to add users whereas iRedMail charges $400 for a web-interface. iRedMail also doesn't include z-push (i.e. push mail). Edit: Mailinabox does support multiple domains, by default it will only use itself as DNS which currently does not support backup DNS.

iRedMail also provides a simple web interface for user and domain management, the 400$ option is for buying the advanced UI.

Re: Mail-in-a-Box

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Post by shocks »

What about a backup SMTP server?

I ran my own mail server for a year and found it incredibly stressful. Switched to runbox.com and I couldn't be much happier atm.

Re: Mail-in-a-Box

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Post by linuxlizard »

shocks wrote: post #42

What about a backup SMTP server? I ran my own mail server for a year and found it incredibly stressful. Switched to runbox.com and I couldn't be much happier atm.

Thanks for the runbox.com mention. That looks like just what I need for my server.

Re: Mail-in-a-Box

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Post by Sami_Lehtinen »

liamzebedee wrote: post #12
IgorPartola wrote: post #7

What service would the more experienced out there recommend run this on? AWS seems rather expensive, but Digital Ocean wouldn't provide much storage space. Also, what about reliability? Any advice on not getting blacklisted for sharing a subnet with spammers? Or do people generally run setup like this old school: on a server in their bedroom?

I think 20GB is certainly reasonable. I use Thunderbird heavily for three accounts and my profile barely exceeds 3GB.

Why would users need to store all old mail on server? You can auto archive it or simply delete about 95% of mail which you won't ever need later again.

Re: Mail-in-a-Box

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Post by csixty4 »

69_years_and wrote: post #18
treenyc wrote: post #17

How does it compare to iRedMail? http://www.iredmail.org Does it support multiple domains?

To add to the fray: https://yunohost.org/ is an option too for easy install and setup of a mail server - there was a recent HN item on them a while back. Been using it for a month or two and it's worked great so far. Needs Debian. Supports multiple domains.

I keep forgetting Yunohost can do that. Is there a guide to setting up email services?

Re: Mail-in-a-Box

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Post by manishsharan »

The problem is not setting up an email server; the problem is in ensuring you email is delivered/visible. I set up an email server vps with my domain and domain keys etc but my test emails to my family ,who use Yahaoo and Gmail, would not get delivered. I gave up !

Re: Mail-in-a-Box

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Post by benjymau5 »

manishsharan wrote: post #46

The problem is not setting up an email server; the problem is in ensuring you email is delivered/visible. I set up an email server vps with my domain and domain keys etc but my test emails to my family ,who use Yahaoo and Gmail, would not get delivered. I gave up !

Setting up my own mail server a couple years ago i had this problem. The "best" solution seemed to be routing through a service like gmail, which defeated the purpose.

Re: Mail-in-a-Box

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Post by clarry »

manishsharan wrote: post #46

The problem is not setting up an email server; the problem is in ensuring you email is delivered/visible. I set up an email server vps with my domain and domain keys etc but my test emails to my family ,who use Yahaoo and Gmail, would not get delivered. I gave up !

I have another problem.. my ISP blocks incoming traffic on smtp. For no good reason. I'd have to upgrade to a business class connection ($$$). Unfiltered end to end connectivity would be nice. Preferrably on a symmetric line. I'd call that Internet access.

Re: Mail-in-a-Box

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Post by jabits »

shocks wrote: post #42

What about a backup SMTP server? I ran my own mail server for a year and found it incredibly stressful. Switched to runbox.com and I couldn't be much happier atm.

Any other long-term experience with runbox.com?

Re: Mail-in-a-Box

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Post by fredsted »

gojomo wrote: post #20
spindritf wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fastmail costs $40/yr. You can get a half-decent VPS for that with a few bucks to spare on Tarsnap.

Just curious, what's the "half-decent VPS" you're thinking of for ~$3/month?

Ramnode has been treating me extremely well considering the price. Their plans are a steal
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