I have run my own mail server now for 20+ years. its is runnig postfix , with spamassain. the users have imaps, and roundcube www gui.

It had been running fine, and have been updated HW / OS a lot of time over the years, now its runnig on rocky O/S

  • Feidhlim@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As someone who has zero experience hosting anything, what are the benefits of doing this?

    Thank you!

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      1 year ago

      Well I didn’t want google to read my mails, and use the content to generate ads, or profiles on me or my family. Besides that it’s keep me up to date on mailserver and mailman . Besides I do it professionally so it was easy