Surprised this wasnât mentioned as itâs awesome: https://mailinabox.email/
Iâm a huge fan of Zimbra, dedicated all-in-one mail solution using your favorite software under the hood that doesnât take much knowledge to administer. Plus you have support you can fall back on.
Downsides: ui starting to show its age. No container support.
Not to nitpick but I think that the part about the spf record isnât that great.
The typical spf record has ip addresses, blocks of ip addresses, or hosts but I donât think just v=spf1 mx ~all.
OpenSMTPd is simple enough to setup on your own. No need for gigantic âdockerizedâ email packages where it is virtually impossible to understand what is going on.
Why did whoever think #FFFFFF text on the #000000 background is a good idea?
I was a mail administrator for around 10 years in a fairly small business and I canât imagine why anyone would want to host their own email. My old employer contacted me because a system I had built finally died and they wanted to build a new one. Once I got over the shock that they had still been using it I suggested going with a hosted solution. I mean theyâre relatively cheap for good service and avoids a world of hurt for the inexperienced mail admin. At first they insisted they wanted to keep it in house so I went over what all they needed to build a new system. About a week and several âhow do Iâ emails later I get one more: âwe decided to go with a hosted solution.â I was happy. They are happy even if they donât know they are. Itâs more of a commitment than I think some folks often realize.