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?
It seems so simple. I started playing around with Docker, which seems so solid. But I was also turned off by Docker desktop, so it seems like it is becoming something that is slowly monetizing every feature that used to be free. It makes sense I guess, more users more costs. Actually, I think they are only monetizing docker hub, so… I don’t know.
I have also seen podman brought up as the thing everyone is migrating to, so I think I will try it.
Proxmox -> VM -> Docker -> Mailserver seems to be the way to go. Not like email needs baremetal performance or whatever.
Thank you for sharing your setup!