Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

Re:Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail by CaptSpify on Monday August 08, 2016 @10:36AM (#12248084)

> Running your own email server, getting around spam blockers and blocking incoming spam all sounds like a pain.

It does look intimidating, but it's not. I've been doing it for years with little effort. Once you get dns set up, and set up spam-assassin (which is super easy), It's been pretty much just sit and watch it work, IME

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Re:Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail by _RPM on Monday August 08, 2016 @11:23AM (#12248471)

I did that for a year on a 10 dollar box with Digital Ocean. In the end, the cost wasn't justified, as I can pay FastMail 120 a year for a lot more than what I was getting with Digital Ocean, and I don't have to worry about maintenance (updates, ssh configuration, etc)

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Re:Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail by CaptSpify on Monday August 08, 2016 @11:26AM (#12248500)

I'm not saying that running your own server is for everyone. If you think FM is worth it for you, then by all means, have at it. I'm just saying that running your own server is pretty easy, and all the supposed spam-maintenance work is overblown

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Re:Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail by _RPM on Monday August 08, 2016 @11:30AM (#12248528)

Yeah I agree. If running it yourself works for you, then by all means, you should do it. For me, I'd rather spend the 4 hours it takes to configure on something else.

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