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[Question] Does anyone run their own email server? (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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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[–] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well the use case for VPN for me is more into traffic routing than staying secure. Sometimes I experience slow downloads but when I connect to the right VPN endpoint, it speeds up / regain back the download speed. The only reason why I picked ProtonVPN of all places is because it was (and still is) one of the VPN services that was isn't bought over by a tech conglomerate that buy and stacks up VPN services (https://embed.kumu.io/9ced55e897e74fd807be51990b26b415#vpn-company-relationships/protonvpn)

As for ProtonMail being sketchy and honeypot is as old fear mongering as time itself. If you are sketchy about how ProtonMail works, just remember that ProtonMail requires a bridge client for external clients like Outlook and Thunderbird because of its e2ee nature (therefore not compatible with traditional email clients). The bridge client code is open for you to see as well (https://github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge) and you can even compile it yourself if you want to.

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

Interesting. I had read some of those accusations before, but all the time I was thinking they ain't google or microsoft, they can't just give away user data and get paid for it. They need to be clean (enough) to have the growth they did without pissing off most of their users.

The explanation for only being able to use their own client makes sense. I don't see how they can make attempts at privacy while using established tech that does not care about privacy.