Hello everyone, nice to meet you all.

This question was probably asked around here but is it really possible to be your own mail provider?

I think I’m experienced enough when it comes to homelabbing that I could take on something like this.

I THINK im aware of the technicalities, I did some research but it still begs the question, is it really worth it? would it be hard to build up a reputation so that your emails don’t land in spam folders?

  • OppressedBread@lemmy.mlOP
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    14 hours ago

    It really depends on what you want to accomplish.

    Data Control.

    while yes I’ve degoogled myself, I’m not very satisfied with the services I tried out (Proton, Tutanota etc) they always have some sort of compromise or sometimes their businesses model is too good to be true (at least for me) and being able to dictate what I need and what I don’t + implementing privacy and / or security solutions according to my needs is a big benefit in my book, my threat model isn’t something that worries me, I just like having full control and combat mass surveillance.

    Your self-hosted server will have downtime as well, some planned but also some unplanned.

    Strongly agree with this point and I am very aware of this, after all my homelab setup isn’t Enterprise grade and I’m expecting a lot of issues but knowing my usage, I’m willing to take these compromises.

    Thank you for this detailed post, I’ll take these things in mind when trying this out from a learning perspective.