Post #1980770
2026-04-30 07:04 UTC
I heard the wisdom once that you should self host everything except for email. I’m sure there are great tools to make it manageable but the effort/gain is just very high.
Just find a email provider that let’s you connect your own domain, use wildcards, etc.
Of course email is pretty central to most digital identities, as most accounts can be reset through email. So if you absolutely want to be sure you control your identity you must self host email (but you also must own the authoritative DNS for that domain so you must register directly with the TLD and not through a registrar …)
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@ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 2026-04-30 08:11
I heard the wisdom once that you should self host everything except for email. I’m sure there are great tools to make it manageable but the effort/gain is just very high. I find it irretating that you speak on the matter with hearsay without having even tried it with modern tools or project. With projects like Mailcow its a simple setup. Rspamd handles spam better than many professional industry spam filters i have encountered. Yes there are some pitfalls someone should be aware of and some know how required, but as of right know, it very easy with very little maintenance.