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Hi all,

I have had several shots at self hosting email over the years and my last attempt failed due to my home IP being in a dynamic pool. I thought I might try again, this time with a basic web hosting provider that I could set up email on. Any suggestions for a free/cheap provider with decent uptime?

Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd say don't self host mail. Just use protonmail or something. You probably don't want to hear that but you'll just end up with something less reliable, less features and you'll have to spend sma lot of time on it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not my experience at all. Once my OpenSMTPD mail server was set up 3 years ago, the only time I spend on it is updates (like 20 minutes per year). Setup did take some time, but it was totally worth it to me.