[Lilug] Mail Server

[odinson at warcloud.net]

Lee has volunteered!  :)

I'm up to something.  More later.  Some amazing tech is coming to light 
this past month.

BTW we're obviously not meeting Tuesday.  The Digital Ballpark is formally 
closed.

Matt

On Fri, 8 May 2020, Lee Wilbur wrote:

> Great idea for a meeting!  Setting up a linux mail server, pros, cons, and irritations!
>
> Now if we only had time to create the presentation!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lilug <lilug-bounces at lists.lilug.org> On Behalf Of odinson at warcloud.net
> Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 5:46 PM
> To: LILUG Mailing List <lilug at lists.lilug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Lilug] Mail Server
>
>
> Speaking of email.
>
> Mark good to hear from you.  Do me a favor and whitelist warcloud.net.
> Tried to get in touch with you a year back and gmail blocked me.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Matt
>
> PS: Jim.  This email is an example of the joys of running your own email server. A few of us do it.  Is it worth it?  That depends on your personality.  For me, hell yeah.  Bonus?  Marketable skill!
>
> On Fri, 8 May 2020, Mark Drago wrote:
>
>> Hey Jim,
>> Before you buy a domain to use on your home mail server you should
>> know that this is not going to be a simple process. For various
>> reasons home ISPs block ports like 25 (SMTP) that will, at best,
>> complicate this endeavor. If your main goal is to get some experience
>> with setting up servers at home I would recommend starting with HTTP,
>> using a port other than port 80, and using a dynamic dns service to
>> assign a name to your IP (which is likely dynamic and subject to change over time). I've had a good experience with afraid.org, but there are many similar services. If you're really committed to hosting your own email server at home, the path of least resistance is likely to depend on a third-party service to receive your inbound email which you then pull down to your server periodically.
>>
>> Best of luck !
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 6:57 PM Bean <jimbean6 at optimum.net> wrote:
>>
>>       I am trying to setup a mail server on my home computer, just for my own email.
>>
>>       I don't understand how one gets a domain name.
>>
>>       Do they have to be purchased? If so where?
>>
>>       cheers Jim
>>
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Matthew Newhall, M.A.Newhall at warcloud.net
A.S. in Computer Science, SUNY Farmingdale
My weekly podcast, The Technocrat Live.  http://www.thetechnocratlive.com
President and founder of LILUG;  president at lilug.org, http://www.lilug.org
My theory; Psychopaths precede the conscience, http://civgene.matthewnewhall.com
Scifi book; "Thicker Than Blood"  http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com
My maker blog; "The modness", http://themodness.wordpress.com
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see."
-- Arthur Schopenhauer
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