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Do you look for hosted or self host? Either mxroute or postfix.
Put it on my own server and use it.
Pay for mxroute or google apps.
If you want it to host personal email, I'd still go with MXRoute and save a lot of hassle, their Black Friday deals are still live.
If you plan on hosting mail for others, you kind of need to use a software package you already know and can debug, sending is particularly problematic in modern times and will absorb a lot of your time. However Postfix/Dovecot is the most common and flexible combo IMHO if you must go that route.
Merry Christmas
Thanks for the advice and Merry Christmas!
Postfix + Dovecot
I've been running it on a 384MB VPS for years and have never had any problems
Zoho is free. Been using their free service for 10 years and running.
For self hosting Stalw.art is the way to go
looks good. mxroute blocks some emails so i am looking towards different email provider.
Still have an old Zoho account like you, similar vintage. However new signups have more restrictions these days, most relevant here, lack of POP/IMAP access on the free tier.
Same here! I’ve been using Zoho Mail on my WordPress sites for email delivery, and it’s been working great. Reliable and free—can’t complain!
This.
Mox is a modern mailserver with easy setup. You get one executable, it will tell you what DNS records to update, it has basic webmail functionality too, as well as taking care of certificates. It supports all the modern features from DKIM to DANE, Unicode mailboxes on IDN domains.
Since when? I signed up about 3 months ago and i can access with pop and imap
Zoho blows ass. If you ever have any issues (which you will) dealing with support is horrendous. Self-hosting is more effort than it's worth. Just snag an account at MXRoute and call it a day. Best money you'll spend all year.
Until you end up an open relay. So only go this route if you know what you're doing. And also be ready to handle blacklist removal, and setting up proper email authentication parameters like SPF, DKIM, rDNS, DMARC, etc.
If you don't want all that hassle, better just go with an established email relay provider.
Mailcow is nice but it requires some RAM like 4-5-6GB, if you want all the features.
This is the way. The currently released web admin UI. Looks good for a modern mail server.
https://stalw.art/blog/stalwart-webadmin/
Mail-in-a-box, very basic but do the works
Issues like?
I'm also going to add in namecrane
On LET I suguess NameCrane and MXRoute. Or self host email server.
I've set up all of them, and to ensure the IP reputation is good, I'm actually running them on my own ASN and IP block.
I'm sure you do. It's just a general message for everyone
It's not that difficult... https://p.ke/mailserver has a well-written, comprehensive setup guide. People can just follow it.
Wait until you see how many are actually good at following guides. The risk factor of a misconfigured mail server is huge, and most of the time, it's not worth the time and effort.
I don't think people will spend a lot of time on it; this can be done in a single afternoon. But again, as you said, this depends on the person and their familiarity with the software and standards.
If someone is interested in setting up their own mail server, then it is definitely worth trying to follow the material and set up everything by themselves instead of using a relay.
https://mailcow.email
Bit on the bulkier side, but it just works, and has all the bells and whistles. I've been self-hosting it for a few years now without any issue.
They also have a managed service if you are into one
It's not difficult to setup a mail server.
What difficult is gaining the reputation. You can do EVERYTHING right in setup yet your recipient might not get your mails because the giants have blocked you.
Not worth the effort and risk.