Re:How to run your own mail server (2017)
by GordonS on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @11:50AM
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I've had a similar experience.
Setting everything up in the first place was a massive pain in the arse, definitely not for the feint hearted (I imagine there are tools/scripts to make it much easier nowadays), but it's been almost plain sailing since.
It's very rare that I have delivery problems, maybe once every year or two, which is roughly the same as through my O365 mailboxes!
Only issue is when there is a delivery problem, there is usually nothing you can do. Some of the block lists have a procedure for removal, many don't.
But after running my own mail server for something like 15 years, I've decided I just don't want the hassle any more (even if it isn't much work), and plan to move everything to O365.
Setting everything up in the first place was a massive pain in the arse, definitely not for the feint hearted (I imagine there are tools/scripts to make it much easier nowadays), but it's been almost plain sailing since.
It's very rare that I have delivery problems, maybe once every year or two, which is roughly the same as through my O365 mailboxes!
Only issue is when there is a delivery problem, there is usually nothing you can do. Some of the block lists have a procedure for removal, many don't.
But after running my own mail server for something like 15 years, I've decided I just don't want the hassle any more (even if it isn't much work), and plan to move everything to O365.