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Re: Self Hosting Email Server

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Post by Sami_Lehtinen »

a012 wrote: post #2

Why did whoever think #FFFFFF text on the #000000 background is a good idea?

I hear this repeated often. But why? Whoever think it's not a good idea? There's a reason why contrast is usually maximized on readable paper. Text contrast is very important part of readability. I often see pretty much unusable sites, because someone thinks that it's so smart and cool to create sites, which content is clearly not worth of reading.

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Post by 2038AD »

a012 wrote: post #2

Why did whoever think #FFFFFF text on the #000000 background is a good idea?

It's simple and easier to read.

A slightly lower contrast may look nicer (and be more accurate to printed text) but often sites are excessive with it. It may not even be exactly the designer's fault since their monitor's gamma and contrast will probably be better than the average visitor.

Another related problem is that of font weight. Fonts too thin can also hamper readability but the weight on-screen will be variable with the user's font settings and how exactly it's set up with aliasing, shaping etc. To add to that some digital fonts are displayed at the wrong weight because they were designed with bleed in mind.

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Post by jonquest »

I was a mail administrator for around 10 years in a fairly small business and I can’t imagine why anyone would want to host their own email. My old employer contacted me because a system I had built finally died and they wanted to build a new one. Once I got over the shock that they had still been using it I suggested going with a hosted solution. I mean they’re relatively cheap for good service and avoids a world of hurt for the inexperienced mail admin. At first they insisted they wanted to keep it in house so I went over what all they needed to build a new system. About a week and several “how do I” emails later I get one more: “we decided to go with a hosted solution.” I was happy. They are happy even if they don’t know they are. It’s more of a commitment than I think some folks often realize.

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Post by pythonslayer »

thomasedwards wrote: post #4

Surprised this wasn’t mentioned as it’s awesome: https://mailinabox.email/

Very easy to deploy, but keeping it off of blacklists is still a neverending goose-chase that you can’t win. If you actually plan to depend on this mail server, this path will fail you.

It’s sad, really, because it’s a really cool package. It manages it’s own DNS and everything. But it’s just not enough.

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Post by nix23 »

jonquest wrote: post #7

I was a mail administrator for around 10 years in a fairly small business and I can’t imagine why anyone would want to host their own email. My old employer contacted me because a system I had built finally died and they wanted to build a new one. Once I got over the shock that they had still been using it I suggested going with a hosted solution. I mean they’re relatively cheap for good service and avoids a world of…

I'm hosting my own mail-server without any problems, for former jobs i supported MS-Exchange small iRedmail instances and ~big self-made solutions, sure it is a commitment but is that not every internet facing service?
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