▲ 161 ▼ What types of services are you not willing to self-host? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by Tinnitus@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world 125 comments fedilink hide all child comments For example, something that is too complex for your comfort level, a security concern, or maybe your hardware can’t keep up with the service’s needs?
[+] Reva@startrek.website 61 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I've managed to do it for my personal email and find it very rewarding. Sadly, I could never use it for my business. It's just too risky and there may always be a few delivery problems here and there. VPS hosting, BTW, not home. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmhe@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I have setup a mail server for my employer, and doing it manually yourself is difficult. I didn't want to do it for myself as well. However I looked into mailcow, and tried that privately and it works great so far! However, i would dedicate a separate VPS for just that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] waspentalive@lemmy.one 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) That, and the fact that Spam abatement is a terrible chore. Whackamole at its worst. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago rspamd seems to do a fair job of it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] flei@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago Been having a wonderful experience with mailcow on a small vps.. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I've managed to do it for my personal email and find it very rewarding. Sadly, I could never use it for my business. It's just too risky and there may always be a few delivery problems here and there. VPS hosting, BTW, not home. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmhe@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I have setup a mail server for my employer, and doing it manually yourself is difficult. I didn't want to do it for myself as well. However I looked into mailcow, and tried that privately and it works great so far! However, i would dedicate a separate VPS for just that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I have setup a mail server for my employer, and doing it manually yourself is difficult. I didn't want to do it for myself as well. However I looked into mailcow, and tried that privately and it works great so far! However, i would dedicate a separate VPS for just that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] waspentalive@lemmy.one 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) That, and the fact that Spam abatement is a terrible chore. Whackamole at its worst. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago rspamd seems to do a fair job of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago rspamd seems to do a fair job of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flei@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago Been having a wonderful experience with mailcow on a small vps.. permalink fedilink source parent