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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net

I #Selfhost my email server (that handles my 20+ domains) since almost 20 years now, currently on a cheap virtual machine running Linux, with 1 CPU core, 2G of RAM, 40G hard drive and unlimited network traffic which costs me less than €5/month.

Many people keep on telling me that running your own email server is more or less impossible. I simply don't listen to them.

I explained my setup in a blog series starting at jan.wildeboer.net/2022/08/Emai

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Paul_IPv6 @paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange

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been doing my own email for decades. it is some effort but not overwhelming.

the biggest problem these days is getting a VM on clean IP space (good reputation). lots of folks block OVH/digital ocean VMs. but there are smaller VM vendors that are affordable ($5-10/mo).

you do have to make some effort to register at microsoft and google so you have a way of reporting deliverability issues if there is some blip but those are one time things.

i do have to do some IP blocks and domain level SMTP blocks to keep my reputation clean but with spamhaus RBL and some judicious blocking, spam is in double digits a week.

i do like being able to have unique emails for every vendor i use and a separate personal one given only to family/friends. makes it easy to ditch an address if it gets stolen from the vendor.

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