On 2018-09-09, Friedrich Locke <friedrich.lo...@gmail.com> wrote: > if you demand for performance, FreeBSD + Qmail-ldap is THE way to go.
qmail-ldap (or, well, anything+ldap for that matter) is a relatively complex setup and total overkill for a personal mail server. > > On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 12:26 PM Ken M <k...@mack-z.com> wrote: > >> Just curious how many of you use openbsd to run your own personal email >> server? >> Do you find it a hassle to manage in any way? >> >> I know openbsd is perfectly fine for a mail server, don't get me wrong the >> question is more about is it worth it to do yourself. Specifically I will >> probably be doing it through a guest on vultr. I do, and don't find it a hassle, but I've been running mail myself long enough that I switched from sendmail to vmailer (before it was renamed to postfix).. >> Back story my family all has email addresses through the domain I have. >> Which >> basically will forward to a gmail account. The kids accounts don't really >> forward anywhere, they are place holders I guess. But they are getting old >> enough to use their own accounts for things and not just through the school >> which sets them up with google accounts to use through their chromebook. Don't do forwarding if possible, you will lose mail to spam filtering. Instead setup pop3 and smtp-auth and let gmail fetch/send that way. >> So my wife really doesn't like the idea of setting them loose on their own >> email >> accounts, and I don't necessarily disagree with her, but I disagree on the >> way >> to do it. In a gmail point of view all I can think of is shared passwords >> for >> for the kids. I don't like that because first of all they could change it, >> second of all monitoring their email means literally reading their email. >> >> My wife and I have different views on privacy as well. >> >> I was thinking I could run my own email server to give them accounts >> there, and >> at the same time instead of reading their email be able to more >> specifically >> block certain senders, but also to scan the email for troubling words. In >> my >> mind that is things like suicide, kill, etc. >> >> So I guess the end question, is for protecting the email of minors is >> running my >> own email server, when I have never done it before on any OS, worth it >> over some >> other solution. And yes I am very open to other suggestions for a >> solution, even >> if it is something I have to pay for, to avoid sharing passwords or >> grotesque >> privacy infringement of literally reading all their emails. >> >> Welcome to differences of opinion as well. Thank you. Scanning for troubling words is not going to work without being able to see the email itself for context. Whether it's automated scanning or reading the mails yourself there are still privacy issues. Plus whatever monitoring you do is going to miss IMs, web forums (reddit, youtube comments, etc), online chat in games, all sorts. Email is relatively much less used. Better to keep your eyes open and talk to them rather than try to do this by technical means.
