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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?
A friend of mine recommended them and he's been happy for around six months now.
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.
One thing worth noting if you consider running any mail server yourself - is checking the IP address / range that your VPS provides you. I've had outbound email blocked or blacklisted with IPs from DigitalOcean - especially on Yahoo, whereas Linode or AWS give you better reputation. It was virtually impossible to get unlisted on Yahoo for IPs that are owned by the hosting provider, and I'm not sure all providers woul…
what you need: A completely fresh Ubuntu 14.04 machine Bummer. I already have a server running and don't plan on paying for an extra instance just for mail. Has anyone tried this with VirtualBox or some other virtualization? Should work if the correct ports are forwarded, no?
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 !
Great project, thank you Josh. I am donating to your project and will also offer $100 to help fund the creation of an apt-get deb package, if you or anyone here would like to commit to creating it. I run mail servers with Postfix and much of the same setup, to enable custom domains, scriptable responders, message tagging, and the like. Using apt-get to install Mail-in-a-Box would be wonderful.
I will look into creating a .deb package. No $100 necessary for me. My email address is in my profile, I'd anyone wants to connect before I can put together a pull request.
It's a great idea except that for one person it's going to cost a lot more than buying an account on FastMail (disclaimer: I work there) or any of the other hosting sites (even before you start start thinking redundancy and backups - we have about 10Tb of disk for every 1Tb of pure email quota, by the time you count search indexes and RAID and 3x replication redundancy - two local one offsite) For more than one perso…
Especially in high availability, you might be willing to have a time to recovery that's measured in hours or at worst case days in case of a natural disaster.
How does it compare to iRedMail? http://www.iredmail.org Does it support multiple domains?
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I will look into creating a .deb package. No $100 necessary for me. My email address is in my profile, I'd anyone wants to connect before I can put together a pull request.
Hey. Please start an issue on github sooner rather than later so you don't do lots of work and then I end up rejecting the PR. :) Communication! [I'm the guy behind the project.]