Hi,
The last google product that is use is gmail, and while searching for a solid alternative, many threads mentionned self hosting, which has been on my mind for a little while but here is what’s stopping me so far: 1/ it sounds like a single point vulnerability 2/ I lack the skills.
As for #2, I’ve been down the privacy rabbithole for a couple years now, I know there are a lot of resources out there and I’m not afraid to learn, I just don’t know where to start.
But I don’t see the point in learning if in the end, I just build a server that could die in a domestic accident, resulting in me loosing a lot of important data.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated,
Oh cmon. It’s not for the faint of heart, I agree, but it’s a learnable skill and totally can be done.
sure, but i wouldn’t tell someone who has never touched docker to start their self hosted journey with email. my personal opinion, maybe i’m a noob.
I started my self hosting journey with email, but I did it in 1993 when things were much simpler. IMO, email self-hosting isn’t worth it today (and if you do it, definitely set up a VPS as a relay and don’t try to MX directly from a consumer IP).