On Sat, Aug 02, 2025 at 04:49:23PM +0100, Manar Hussain via Silklist wrote:
+1 to not running your own mail.
I ran my own mail server (on my home computer, on a DSL line, outbound port 25 open!) around 2002 - 2004. It was fun, I learned a lot, but I wouldn't do it again.
However, a strong +1 to having your own domain name and get a good provider that allows you to use it (I use Fastmail and it works quite well). That way, when you want to move providers, you just do that, and your address stays the same.
The migration might be painful if you're moving from a @gmail.com / @outlook.com / @yahoo.com / whatever, but that's as good as an e-mail set up as you're going to get without the headache of having to maintain it yourself.
Cheers! -- José María (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org -- Silklist mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist
