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diff --git a/home/index.md b/home/index.md index dd54441..69a943a 100644 --- a/home/index.md +++ b/home/index.md @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Yari, Yari, Yara. ### top posts <table> - <tr><td><time>2024-12-27</time></td><td><a href="/posts/software.html">Software I use.</a></td></tr> + <tr><td><time>2025-01-24</time></td><td><a href="https://posts.farajli.net/posts/selfhostmail.html">Reasons not to host an email server.</a></td></tr> + <tr><td><time>2024-12-27</time></td><td><a href="https://posts.farajli.net/posts/software.html">Software I use.</a></td></tr> <tr><td><time>2024-09-25</time></td><td><a href="https://posts.farajli.net/posts/nophone.html">Why I absolutely hate smartphones.</a></td></tr> <tr><td><time>2024-09-06</time></td><td><a href="https://posts.farajli.net/posts/gentoo.html">Why I use gentoo.</a></td></tr> <tr><td><time>2024-06-09</time></td><td><a href="https://posts.farajli.net/posts/website_created.html">Website Created!</a></td></tr> diff --git a/posts/posts.md b/posts/posts.md index c855f2d..9a6f871 100644 --- a/posts/posts.md +++ b/posts/posts.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ <!-- Title: Posts --> <table> + <tr><td><time>2025-01-24</time></td><td><a href="/posts/selfhostmail.html">Reasons not to host an email server.</a></td></tr> <tr><td><time>2024-12-31</time></td><td><a href="/posts/2024_new_year.html">Happy new year!</a></td></tr> <tr><td><time>2024-12-27</time></td><td><a href="/posts/software.html">Software I use.</a></td></tr> <tr><td><time>2024-09-26</time></td><td><a href="/posts/qizlar.html">Qızlar haqqında.</a></td></tr> diff --git a/posts/selfhostmail.md b/posts/selfhostmail.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9bfffcc --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/selfhostmail.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +<!-- Title: Reasons not to host an email server --> + +## Reasons to not host your own email server. + +Last summer, I had successfully managed to host my email server but +a couple of days ago I completely removed everything from my server +and purchased an email hosting service. + +I'd like to share my experience with setting up an email server +and what makes the process an absolute nightmare. + +### - It's hard to find an affordable VPS provider that doesn't block port 25. + +If you don't know anything about email, you need the port 25 to be open to send mails but +most server providers block it to reduce spam and the ones that don't costs more than +the usual ones. + +### - Getting a domain and IP that is not blacklisted. + +If you have already bought a domain it might be blacklisted meaning that +all the mails you'll send is going to go right into the spam folder of the receiver. +It's the same for IP but chaining it is a lot easier than getting a new domain on most +server providers. + +### - Not enough documentation is available and some is outdated. + +There aren't that much documentation for mail services, I think partially because of +the process being so tough that no one really wants to document it and there are so many commands +involved in the process even just a small update on one program can make the documentation outdated. + +### - It's very hard to set up. +Configuring an email server was perhaps the hardest thing that I'd ever done +(even after finding the proper documentation), I spent weeks on that. + +### - Almost certainly, Your mails won't be delivered. + +Even after going through the very difficult process of finding the correct server provider, +documentation and setting everything up (DKIM, SPF etc.) you'll still end up in spams +you might be able to pass spam filters of some email services, but you'll never feel +confident of sending mails because because big email services sometimes update their spam filters +and you got to keep up with those as well, so it doesn't just end there when you set it up. + +### Summing it up + +I'd gladly host an email server, but I just can't make it work half as good as the paid +email service providers. In the future I might try to do it again +(though I don't think the results will be different) but now I'll stick to email services. |