Discussion
Maybe I should pin this:
- Yes, you can run your own mail server on a cheap VPS (Virtual Private Server)
- Yes, it's cheap. €5/month for a VPS and €10/year for your own domain, if you take a .eu
- Yes, you should configure SPF, DKIM, DMARC
- Yes, with that in place Google, Microsoft and other big providers will accept your emails
- Yes, you can manage incoming spam in effective and automated ways
- Yes, all Open Source.
- No, it doesn't need a lot of admin work, 5 min/day
@jwildeboer the cheaper the vpns, the higher the chance you get a sender ip that is already included in a ton of blacklists (says my personal experience from like 5 years ago where i tried hetzner, ovh and a local freebie and all 3 servers came with spamhaus entry included)
@cy That was 5 years ago. My mailserver is running at OVH and has never been blocklisted in the past 10 years.
@jwildeboer mailcow for suggestions:)
@george I prefer basic postfix+dovecot, but everyone has their preferences.
@jwildeboer Well said. Now I feel like many of us should pin this.