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submitted 3 days ago by Gobbel2000@programming.dev to c/selfhosting@slrpnk.net

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I was thinking about how to improve my email situation, because at the moment I am using an address of a commercial mail provider, which obviously brings some concerns of lock-in.

While fully self-hosting the email is an option, I am a bit wary of this, because having a working email is very critical and I do trust the commercial providers to give better uptime and reliability than my old server in the closet. Does anyone have experience hosting an email service and what is it like/could you recommend it?

The other option that I am more inclined to is having the email hosted by some cloud provider, but using an address under my personal domain name. The point would be of course that I could change the email provider while keeping the address. Which providers supporting this could you recommend? What is the process like linking a domain to an email host?

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[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

you would definitely want a static IP (as opposed to updating DNS entries all the time)

Also any IP from a dynamic range is going to make spam filters lose their shit

[–] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

True, but sending from a static IP that is linked to you yields less privacy. I’ve decided: fuck these email recipients who demand I compromise privacy in order to give them the convenience of relying on IP reputation. Sure, google and MS servers refuse email from me, but I prefer that anyway. I use postal mail for such recipients (and yes, that’s most recipients).

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I get where you're coming from but nowadays a dynamic public IP is 'dynamic' in that it can change but rarely if ever will unless you switch ISPs or equipment.

[–] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

Indeed, which is more reason to not blindly block dynamic IPs.