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?

  • DidacticDumbassOPEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    This is what I want! I want that granular control of having an email address compartmentalized for specific kinds of communication. I mean, I know it is something provided by basically all email providers, but I don’t know, for sure there are limitations. A unique address for each website seems like such a smart thing to do, on top of being stingy with giving out my email address.

    • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Protonmail at certain levels gives you simple login with unlimited aliases. Something to look into. I love it and have been with them for years.

      • DidacticDumbassOPEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Thank you! I was also looking for validation that Protonmail is worth the purchase, since I use them anyways.

    • psilves1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Firefox Relay is by far the easiest (and imo best) solution for that

      You can try it for free and if you use it enough it only costs $24 a year

      • DidacticDumbassOPEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Neato. Yeah, just today I spent more than that on a haircut. Will deeply consider it.

        • psilves1@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Your first 5 email masks are free and if you install the extension a little icon will appear in most email fields. Let’s you create a new mask right there.

          If you buy the premium version you can get your own custom subdomain: @XXXX.mozmail.com where you pick XXXX

          This way you don’t even need the extension. You can just do something like “Lemmy@XXXX.mozmail.com” and Relay will “create” that email for you. Cannot recommend it enough, especially since it’s free to start

          • DidacticDumbassOPEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            That actually seems really awesome, like it defeats the reason I would ever want to create multiple email accounts, which is to manage different contexts like professional, personal for family and friends, commercial email for online stores, and email lists.