All this new excitement with Lemmy and federation has got me thinking that maybe I should learn to run my own instance. What always comes up though is how email is the orginal federated technology.

I am looking at proxmox and see that is has a built in email server, so now I am wondering if it is time to role my own.

I stopped using gmail a long time ago, and right now I use ProtonMail, but I am super frustrated with the dumb limitation of only having a single account for the app. I get why they do it, and I am willing to pay, but it is pricey and I don’t know if that is my best option. I guess it is worth it since ProtonVPN is included. It looks like they are expanding their suite.

Is it worth it? Can I make it secure? Is it stupid to run it off a local computer on my home network?

  • @FluffyPotato@lemm.eeEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    I used to run my own mail server about 2 years ago but unfortunately the spam got so bad I didn’t have the time to manage all the filters. I moved over to ProtonMail since I can still use my own domain there. So I guess I would say it’s not really worth it also it really sucks if your power is out and not having access to sent your power company a strongly worded email.

    • @DidacticDumbassOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Good point, I don’t want to be foolish and make using email worse for me. My area has gotten blackouts, so that can be a problem.

      Okay, it is seems that ProtonMail is winning out.

      Anyways, I there are so many other cool programs to self-host, so once I get good with those I can tackle email if I think it is still worth trying.