On 23/02/2022 23:10, Sinclair, John via mailop wrote:
Staring at the end of the Google Suite (aka Workspace) free lunch days.
Trying to find a free solution that will still let me use a custom
domain, not coming up with much, so thinking about going back to
rolling and hosting my own email server for the family. What's the
best of breed these days for small/micro servers hosting five-ish email
accounts, probably no more than 1TB total - looking for
as-close-to-gmail-as-possible webmail, IMAP access for mobile, might
even throw a nextcloud/freenas type of environment on for file
storage/sharing. Not interested in hosting my own IMAP and using a
free gmail account as a client - looking to only have the family have
to keep one username (on the custom domain) and basically cut out
Google entirely. I have the hardware and the bandwidth, it's more of a
what OS/email/webmail is best of breed these days, not only for
robustness/security, but also something that can have at least some
attempt at blocking most of the spam…
Thoughts?
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You can get a small cheap reliable VPS for around 10 USD a year from
likes of host.us that would be perfect for what you want, install
postfix, dovecot and you're up and running if all you want is a personal
domain.
You can add on amavisd/spamassassin/clamav to deal with vermin as you
get time, you can then add opendkim and dmarc also as your time permits.
As has already been stated, your initial setup should always involve
setting your matching DNS correctly, create SPF records, and use a few
DNSBL's to stop the rot.
- That said, if your internet is reliable, I've run my personal mail
server on a spare PC at home for family, extended family, and a few
friends, for decades with next to no issues, also means if I changed
employers I don't have to have downtime moving it all the time, I'm
always sus of those who change IP's all the time, appears they have been
up to no good.
--
Regards,
Noel Butler
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