On Monday, September 17, 2012 07:13:16 PM Eric Myers wrote: > I've moved some e-mail traffic to Google accounts, but I still run my own > Postfix server on a machine at home, one I built myself. I filter spam > with procmail. I'd like to set up IMAP with dovecot, but have not yet > done so. But it sounds like I'm one of the few of us left. > We shall see how long it lasts. > > -Eric
I'm still hosting my own email and don't have any plans to change that. One of the things I've enjoyed lately is using ManageSieve with Dovecot. The ManageSieve protocol allows for changing Sieve filtering rules from within the MUA (i.e. the mail client) while the filtering is done server-side. What's nice about this is you can use IMAP and yet have all your email automatically filtered into folders (or junked, etc). To do this I had to have Dovecot as the MDA (mail delivery agent) however. I still think that hosting one's own email is relevant, although it seems to be increasingly rare. If you're setting up your own, I'd recommend Exim or Postifx as the MTA and Dovecot for IMAPs/POP3s access. > On Fri, 14 Sep 2012, Alan Snyder wrote: > > It's been a while since I've set up a postfix install with an imap client > > from scratch. I'm debating whether this pain is worth continuing through > > and then on to the pain of administering and dealing with spam, etc. I > > know a few folks here host their own mail and was wondering what the > > consensus was amongst everyone with respect to hosting vs. paying a > > provider. > > > > I just discovered citadel but haven't played with it yet. I also know > > there are lots of cloud services that can easily take my domain's email > > for > > a few bucks a month. Should I push on with postfix, or citadel or just > > go for a mail hosting provider? > > > > Any experiences with citadel? Can anyone recommend their email hosting > > provider? > > > > Thanks! -- -- Chris Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Oct 3 - Mobile Web Development Nov 7 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel
