Hello,

I want to deploy a simple mail server so that it can be used for users to register themselves or reset passwords, etc.

Is there an easy one to deploy (in docker if possible) ?

  • @pHr34kYEnglish
    8•6 months ago

    I host my own mail. When it’s down, the mail just gets delivered after I get online again. Almost all mail servers are configured to retry over a period of several days before giving up.

    Once my health insurer sent me mail by post to tell me that my mail server was down. That was kinda funny.

    • ShimitarEnglish
      3•6 months ago

      What if your home network goes down while you are away for a week and you cannot get it back online?

      Not a risk I am willing to take, so a backup server would be required.

      • @pHr34kYEnglish
        1•6 months ago

        The longest outage I’ve had in a decade is when my primary SSD died a 2 months ago and I had to reinstall using config backups. It was down for around a day.

        I’ve thrown a UPS on it and flown overseas for a week or two. It’s basically just email for me and the kids.

        I’ve had longer outages on hosted services, TBH.