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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

I just set up my first ever email server and I'm proud of myself! 😊 Do you have any advice to avoid common problems? I mean something beginners often do that they shouldn't. Thanks!

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[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wasn't intending to come off condescending. IMO exposing your internal network to the internet without a proper firewall is a risk, one I wouldn't take unless I had a DMZ and a dedicated VLAN.

In addition, you'd have to be on top of patch management. And when you do that, there's a chance of something breaking too. My preference is not to have to muck around troubleshooting my own email server when a patch window goes bad since that's what I deal with all day anyway. There will always be zero days, I'll just pawn that off the the big boys.

[-] stevestevesteve@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

All of that is inherent in self hosting anything publicly accessible. You wouldn't start off a reply to someone setting up openvpn with "you're in for a world of hurt," would you?

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