Re:Helm: Personal Email Server
by snksnk on Thursday October 18, 2018 @02:01AM
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> Yeah, as somebody who has run their own mail server for years, #1 is a huge concern.
Perhaps relay the email out via your ISP account? I do that and it works well.
> Having email just down for a couple days while you wait for new hardware to would be a very bad experience.
Perhaps set up a fallback MX that directs traffic to e.g. a Mailfence account when your primary MX is down? Works for me. Also, mail servers can be cheap hardware (an old x220 will do).
Perhaps relay the email out via your ISP account? I do that and it works well.
> Having email just down for a couple days while you wait for new hardware to would be a very bad experience.
Perhaps set up a fallback MX that directs traffic to e.g. a Mailfence account when your primary MX is down? Works for me. Also, mail servers can be cheap hardware (an old x220 will do).