All this new excitement with Lemmy and federation has got me thinking that maybe I should learn to run my own instance. What always comes up though is how email is the orginal federated technology.
I am looking at proxmox and see that is has a built in email server, so now I am wondering if it is time to role my own.
I stopped using gmail a long time ago, and right now I use ProtonMail, but I am super frustrated with the dumb limitation of only having a single account for the app. I get why they do it, and I am willing to pay, but it is pricey and I don’t know if that is my best option. I guess it is worth it since ProtonVPN is included. It looks like they are expanding their suite.
Is it worth it? Can I make it secure? Is it stupid to run it off a local computer on my home network?
I’ve been running the families mail server for over 6 years now. I’m using mailinabox.email scripts to setup and manage the server.
I’ve not had any problems (touch wood) with email delivery. You may have issues if your domain is new, it can take a few days for the big guys to accept email from you.
I say go for it, I think too many are worried about deliverbility and that just causes more centralisation.
Good point. I am really getting pulled down to taking the easy route due to all the complexity and discouragement which is draining my initial motivation, as well as my own laziness settling in on one more thing I can just pay for.
You are right, the fight is not over. I can do my part to decentralize.