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All this new excitement with Lemmy and federation has got me thinking that maybe I should learn to run my own instance. What always comes up though is how email is the orginal federated technology.

I am looking at proxmox and see that is has a built in email server, so now I am wondering if it is time to role my own.

I stopped using gmail a long time ago, and right now I use ProtonMail, but I am super frustrated with the dumb limitation of only having a single account for the app. I get why they do it, and I am willing to pay, but it is pricey and I don't know if that is my best option. I guess it is worth it since ProtonVPN is included. It looks like they are expanding their suite.

Is it worth it? Can I make it secure? Is it stupid to run it off a local computer on my home network?

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[–] anders@rytter.me 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@DidacticDumbass
Yes I run my own mailserver. I have done it for the last 15 years or so.

I'm also running my own Friendica instance.

[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could you share you solution? You don't have to! I am just curious how you do it since a lot of people seem to hate it, compared to self-hosting everything else.

[–] anders@rytter.me 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@DidacticDumbass But yeah you're right. It's a mess nowadays with email hosting because Google for example just rejects everything except the other big services even if you comply with DKIM etc. Fuck them honestly

[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Fuck them. Even after completely degoogling they still manage to fuck everyone over.

[–] Lightning66@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Wow. What is this. I did not know they do this. Google is looking more and more evil to me.

[–] anders@rytter.me 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you. You and others are giving me a lot of options to consider!

[–] anders@rytter.me 1 points 1 year ago