How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)

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Post by j_s » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:29 PM UTC

How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)
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Re: How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)

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Post by herbst » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:35 PM UTC

Usually you are supposed to add a year to older articles :)

Curious if you looked into other mail server options? I mean Postfix (not Postgres) easily handles the load of a single user, but it is still rather hard to configure and modify.

I recently started to work with Haraka and even thought its ment for high traffic use cases i wont ever look back to Postfix (not Postgres).

Re: How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)

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Post by j_s » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:36 PM UTC

herbst wrote: post #2

Usually you are supposed to add a year to older articles :) Curious if you looked into other mail server options? I mean Postfix (not Postgres) easily handles the load of a single user, but it is still rather hard to configure and modify. I recently started to work with Haraka and even thought its ment for high traffic use cases i wont ever look back to Postfix (not Postgres).

s/Postgres/Postfix/ ??

In any case you should ask the author, as they are currently active on another discussion where they linked their article in a comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16238501#16238845

>perlgod: I've spent years tweaking my mail server setup (Postfix, Dovecot, RSPAMD, LDAP...) and did a full writeup a few months ago. I've used other guides online but found most of the rest lacking on details

Re: How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)

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Post by herbst » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:40 PM UTC

j_s wrote: post #3

herbst wrote: post #2

Usually you are supposed to add a year to older articles :) Curious if you looked into other mail server options? I mean Postfix (not Postgres) easily handles the load of a single user, but it is still rather hard to configure and modify. I recently started to work with Haraka and even thought its ment for high traffic use cases i wont ever look back to Postfix (not Postgres).

s/Postgres/Postfix/ ?? In any case you should ask the author, as they are currently active on another discussion where they linked their article in a comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16238501#16238845 >perlgod: I've spent years tweaking my mail server setup (Postfix, Dovecot, RSPAMD, LDAP...) and did a full writeup a few months ago. I've used other guides online but found most of the rest lacking on deta…

Oh ha, i figured it must be you i just saw the comment before.

And yes, damn it. Fixed

Re: How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)

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Post by peterburkimsher » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 2:21 PM UTC

I'd like to run a mail server on a jailbroken iPhone.

The use case is to transfer arbitrary files over a local hotspot.

I tried installing from the Apple TV tutorial, but it put my iPhone in a boot loop.

http://ios-webstack.tk/imap

Just a chance, but are there any iOS jailbreakers here who could advise?

Re: How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)

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Post by jacobush » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

herbst wrote: post #2

Usually you are supposed to add a year to older articles :) Curious if you looked into other mail server options? I mean Postfix (not Postgres) easily handles the load of a single user, but it is still rather hard to configure and modify. I recently started to work with Haraka and even thought its ment for high traffic use cases i wont ever look back to Postfix (not Postgres).

Wow. I must have really been abused (likely) by other mail servers to consider Postfix easy then.

Re: How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)

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Post by Torgo » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 2:24 PM UTC

I started running my own email server around 2014. I am using every mitigation I can find, but I still get an unending torrent of spam that slips through.

If tweaking spam filters and deleting spam is your idea of fun, then run your own email server.

Re: How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)

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Post by bstamour » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 2:26 PM UTC

jacobush wrote: post #6

herbst wrote: post #2

Usually you are supposed to add a year to older articles :) Curious if you looked into other mail server options? I mean Postfix (not Postgres) easily handles the load of a single user, but it is still rather hard to configure and modify. I recently started to work with Haraka and even thought its ment for high traffic use cases i wont ever look back to Postfix (not Postgres).

Wow. I must have really been abused (likely) by other mail servers to consider Postfix easy then.

Me too. Sendmail and his friends did unspeakable things to me.

Re: How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)

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Post by marsrover » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 2:27 PM UTC

I ran my own mail server for a few months in 2013. I came to the conclusion I'd much rather pay Google $5 a month.

Re: How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)

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Post by akulbe » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 2:30 PM UTC

First, I'd start with "Don't run your own email server unless you absolutely have to."

Second, if you must... I'd recommend Mail-in-a-Box. MUCH easier to setup / maintain than this one, at least from a cursory read. https://mailinabox.email