Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for personal use?

Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by tqwhite on Sunday August 14, 2016 @10:32AM (#12285707)

I've been using it for a year. Works great. One of the most thoughtfully designed and complete bits of software I've ever run into.

I'm especially delighted with it's self monitoring and the status change email messages it sends me.

That it includes webmail and gives me a nicely featured DNS server only makes it a touch more awesome.

I run it at Digital Ocean for ten bucks a month. I support family and friends. My email does not pass through google or microsoft servers and that makes me very happy.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by daxorid on Sunday August 14, 2016 @10:37AM (#12285727)

DigitalOcean is just as susceptible to surveillance as Google or Microsoft.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by blktiger on Sunday August 14, 2016 @01:33PM (#12286463)

If you aren't sending encrypted email, it makes no difference where your email is hosted.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by gentoo on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @11:28AM (#12298065)

I don't think the point is to avoid surveillance (although self-hosting may make it slightly more inconvenient to snoop). The point is to own your own data, not depend on Microsoft/Google's benevolence.

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