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really the best email solution is gmail business. set it up, set your mx records job done. any retort about email security is moot. email transmits in plain text. ie its readable in transit. The only secure email is the one not sent. Sent from my iPhone > On 20 Feb 2018, at 19:53, Dom Rodriguez <shymega@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm thinking of setting up a mail server for my domain on a spare >> Raspberry Pi I have - not because I need to but just something I would >> like to try. I found a website with detailed instructions to setup >> Postfix and Dovecot which /seems/ straightforward. However before I >> potentially waste time on something that will never work, one basic >> question comes to mind. Will it interfere with the mail service >> provided by my current host, Easyspace? Logic suggests it could but >> then I am brand new to this. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Julian > > 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. > > -- > Best regards, > Dom Rodriguez (shymega / dzr). > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq