[Cialug] Mail servers (was: Hostname issue)

[Josh More]

I'm waiting to see how the Dark Mail ( http://darkmail.info/ ) project
turns out.  I could see myself running a Dark Mail server, depending
on the technical choices they make.

I'm a tad worried that Jon and Phil are overextended, but if anyone
can pull off something trustworthy, it's them.

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> If any of the checks fail, sometimes the email is rejected, sometimes
>> it's greylisted, sometimes it's allowed.
>>
>> That's why I don't run my own mail server anymore.
>>
>> -Josh
>>
>>
> I too gave up running my own mail server, using Google Apps for Domains to
> receive and Sendgrid to send (though looking into Mandrill).
>
> I've often thought about ways to detangle myself from Google, simply on the
> basis that I rely so much on this one vendor.
>
> However, the value that Google Apps provides is tough to beat. Being able
> to use email and a shared calendar on my computer, tablet and phone, as
> well as a nice web GUI is great.
>
> Any suggestions for alternatives? There are hosted Exchange solutions which
> are similar in price and feature, but I just can't stomach the idea of
> using Exchange.
>
> I've considered going back to hosting my own email and calendar, but even
> that is fraught with problems deeper than server maintenance. (for example,
> finding a stack that has imap, smtp and shared calendar that runs on a
> modest server)
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