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On 20/02/18 19:45, Dom Rodriguez wrote: > Just a quick response, if you're hosting your Raspberry Pi mail > server on a residential connection (e.g: from home), you're gonna have > a bad time -- residential connections generally aren't the best way to > host, because a) potentially blocked TCP ports, b) dynamic external > IP, messes up with the DNS for your mail server, c) potential > violation of ISP ToC, to name a few. > > I'd recommend, if you /really/ want your own mail server, doing it on > a reputable VPS. > > I've hosted my own email for a few years, but recently I've given up > on it and gone back to my domain registrar's email services.. I just > didn't have the time to manage my own self-hosted email > **effectively**, and/or give it the care it needs. Beat me to it - not only that, but most ISPs will helpfully add the dynamic IP they gave you themselves to spamhaus the second you light up a SMTP host on their connection which is seriously going to crimp your style going forward. So you're going to need a SMTP smart relay service at a minimum, and your ISP probably won't provide one that doesn't "helpfully" re-write your message headers on the way through. Plus you shouldn't trust them anyway. Don't let us discourage you Julian - setting up email servers isn't that difficult and it's fun/educational so carry on obviously. There are just a *lot* of additional issues involved with mailservers that you're probably not aware of... Cheers -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq