All this new excitement with Lemmy and federation has got me thinking that maybe I should learn to run my own instance. What always comes up though is how email is the orginal federated technology.
I am looking at proxmox and see that is has a built in email server, so now I am wondering if it is time to role my own.
I stopped using gmail a long time ago, and right now I use ProtonMail, but I am super frustrated with the dumb limitation of only having a single account for the app. I get why they do it, and I am willing to pay, but it is pricey and I don’t know if that is my best option. I guess it is worth it since ProtonVPN is included. It looks like they are expanding their suite.
Is it worth it? Can I make it secure? Is it stupid to run it off a local computer on my home network?
Infomaniak has pretty nice free email server options that you can link your domain to. They are a Switzerland based company which is known for having the best privacy laws around.
Wow, this looks pretty awesome. It has become obvious that I need to buy my own domain name, and Infomaniak makes it kind exciting, since it basically lets me jump into exactly what I am trying to do. Seriously, when I think I have seen all of my options, something new pops up that trumps it all.
Should I buy my domain from Infomaniak, or is it better somewhere else? What name would I even choose? Will I get my first pick? What extension is the coolest while still maintaining an air of professionalism? Maybe I should buy too, one that is just my full ass name, and the other a fun one to be the central hub of all my online things that I will probably start doing now that I am excited by this.
I guess it defeats the point of self hosting. But a common theme is that email self hosting is extremely difficult. Many things to take into account. I’d say go for it and maybe you’ll learn a lot in the process. But if you give up on self hosting it, but still want yiue own mail server on your own domain, then I’d say use infomaniak.
Yeah, I don’t necessarily want to give up because I think it is cool. Plus, there are use case where receiving is all that matters, like weekly mailing list with fun articles and recommendations, and I hate blowing up an email address just for that. Confirmation is still a problem, but I am willing to experiment with that.
Okay, I will just by the domain name. I have been wanting one for awhile but never took the plunge, and I can’t think of anything special… well, I just came up with something better. This is good.