I was wondering how practical it would be to run my own email server at home, I’ve set up servers before and know how to forward ports and such. Would it be possible to do it on an rpi 4 and do you guys have recommendations on any free software for setting up an email server. Thanks!

  • Echedenyan@lemmy.ml
    6·
    3 years ago

    You need to pay for a static IP address and the ISP company must configure the reverse zone to point to your domain.

    If you don’t do that, most main email servers could ban you. For an email server, it is preferable to pay a colocation of your server in a datacenter or a VPS/Dedicated server which allow you to configure reverse zone for the fixed IP.

    • Sr Estegosaurio@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 years ago

      Yeah, I was investigating about it and afaik in my country having a static IP is 50€/month. I personally dislike a lot the idea of hosting it somewhere else… But I’m not rich lmao. Any good privacy friendly host?

      • Sr Estegosaurio@lemmy.ml
        1·
        3 years ago

        But someone said it in the comments, you can store your email locally and also save space in the cloud, and if you use gpg all is more or less okey.