Well, I do selfhost, somewhat similar to you.
My biggest issue is blacklists, my vms at OVH and digitalocean all have
an ip that most of the time is blacklisted with UCEPROTECTL3. Not a huge
deal but apple and microsoft (and anyone using them) rejects my emails.
For now I have a workaround in sending emails to the domains that reject
me over my static teksavvy home ip (which almost never is blacklisted).
What can one do to stay off this blacklists that find one bad ip and
then blacklist the whole segment (or maybe even the AS)?
/Kelly
On 2026-10-03 10:33, Dianne Skoll via linux wrote:
I guess not many people self-host their email any more. :(
I self-host mine. My MX host is a virtual machine hosted at OVH, and
my actual mail storage server (IMAP) is a Raspberry Pi with a couple
of large USB disks attached. It's about 2 metres from where I'm
sitting.
Advantages of self-hosting:
- Essentially unlimited storage
- No ads
- I'd know for sure if a government agency got a court order to look
at my mail server. :)
- Mail hosted in Canada
Disadvantages:
- You need a strategy to deal with spam
- Deliverability can be tricky
- You need your own domain name
- Realistically, you need a hosted server to act as your MX host
For me, the advantages are worth it. I have archives of all my mail since
1991. :)
Regards,
Dianne.
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