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On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 04:50:43AM +0000, Caveman Al Toraboran wrote: |
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> thoughts on how to maximally satisfy these |
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> requirements? |
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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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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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