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Re:Running a private mail server for six years, easy peasy by martyvis on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @05:04PM (#30434548)
Not wanting to sound all bleak, but what's the continuity plan in the event you are unable to administrate the domain at no notice? Presumably friends and family at least have some alternate cloud email?
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Re:Running a private mail server for six years, easy peasy by jjav on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @10:04PM (#30437098)
> Presumably friends and family at least have some alternate cloud email?

Not necessary, which is part of the flexibility. I've been [email protected] since the mid 90s. Initially I hosted it at a desktop at work (things were different back then). Then it's been hosted by a couple ISPs, and then I've been running my own email infrastructure for the last ~decade. If I ever decide not to, it's easy to seamlessly transition to third-party hosting, but it'll always be the same email address/domain.

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Re:Running a private mail server for six years, easy peasy by Scramblejams on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @05:12PM (#30434628)
One of my motivations to move it is to make it easier for someone else to take over in such an event.
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