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On Monday, August 17, 2020 3:33 PM, Ashley Dixon <ash@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> How many concurrent users will be connected to the mail server? How much traffic |
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> will the S.M.T.P. server receive (read: how many e-mails arrive on a daily |
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> basis)? If you really don't trust your V.P.S. provider, and your mail server is |
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> small-ish, you could just skip all the trust issues and buy a cheap Raspberry Pi |
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> for £20 or so. |
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1 user (me). about 2 real daily mails. maybe 10 |
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in peak times. that, plus gentoo's users list, |
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plus spam. but i don't see much spammers in |
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protonmail's spambox. so i guess my spam is low. |
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> Running a mail server over a domestic connection presents some issues, such as |
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> dynamic I.P. ranges appearing in the Spamhaus blocklist, or some tyrannicalesque |
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> I.S.P.s blocking outbound port 25 (S.M.T.P. submission port), but it is possible |
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> to have a smooth, self-administered mail server, providing you can put in the |
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> time and effort. I have been doing it myself for a few years with Courier and |
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> Postfix (although I wouldn't recommend Courier; Dovecot is far superior). |
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> What do you think? |
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interesting. do you have reverse ptr records for |
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your domain name pointing to your home's ip? did |
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you pay extra fees for this ptr to your isp? |
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i wonder if price-wise, and uptime-wise, that |
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would beat a cheap vps at 20 bucks/year. |
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