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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by ommunist on Sunday August 14, 2016 @02:27AM (#12284498)
How on Earth MacMini with 8GB of RAM and i7 CPU is underpowered for the use? It is underpowered in only one way - energy consumption is so low that there are even server farms built on MacMinis, and colocation services targeting this brave little server.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by dasil003 on Sunday August 14, 2016 @02:29AM (#12284505)
Not for the use, for the price.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by gambiting on Sunday August 14, 2016 @05:58AM (#12285035)
You get a custom operating system that literally no one else offers. It is a bit hard to put a price on that, but to me, it's absolutely worth the money they ask for the mini. I would even risk saying it's very cheap for what it offers.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by ommunist on Sunday August 14, 2016 @06:46AM (#12285112)
Like the others noted here - it is well worth the price, since it saves a lot of time for admin, is easy to use and provides extra value for money.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by mozumder on Sunday August 14, 2016 @03:14AM (#12284602)
You pay extra for Macs so you don't have to spend as much time to set it up.

Your time is valuable, right?

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