[OFF TOPIC]: Do u know any email server except google, yahoo...?

[David Fletcher]

On Mon, 2014-02-17 at 08:49 -0500, Kent Borg wrote:
> On 02/17/2014 08:27 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
>  > Seconding your earlier suggestion of "set up your own". It's actually 
> not as hard as I thought ...
> 
> The problems with running your own are two:
> 
>   1. You need a static IP address

Wrong. I use no-ip with their update client running on the server, and
point my MX record at the pseudo address I get from them.

What you do need to perform this trick though, is your own domain name.
Mine is registered with 1&1, who provide the admin interface to edit the
MX record, etc.


>   2. Setting up an e-mail server isn't so hard, but maintaining it is a 
> responsibility.  Time will pass and your software will be obsolete and 
> you will have to update it without breaking things. Also, time will pass 
> and the very definition of the right way to run an e-mail server will 
> change as spammers and security and the internet itself changes.

If you've not done the set up before, you'll definitely need some help,
but I find that once it's set up and running properly it pretty much
looks after itself. It might be necessary to modify the email accounts,
maybe by editing the alias file and rebuilding the database, but it's
not hard to do.

I just use aptitude update and aptitude upgrade from time to time, and
it just keeps running nicely.


> 
> Not trivial, but it means you can control your fate, use your own domain 
> name, etc.

All well worth while, IMHO.


As for hardware, I don't need high performance for anything I do, so
whenever I'm building something I go for the solution that consumes the
least electricity. I've shown it here before, but here's my server:-
http://flightmaker.hopto.org/me/portrait.jpg
which is about as minimal as it can be. The motherboard is unfortunately
no longer available but there are substitutes which would hopefully do
just as good a job. This one's been running 24/7 for about 3½ years.
I've seen horror stories lately about hard drive failure rates. Yes they
do go wrong eventually but this application is ideal for longevity i.e.
switch it on then keep it cool and never switch it off. And take regular
backups. My desktop keeps a backup copy of /home/ which it updates every
hour when switched on, and I take a proper backup when I feel like it.

Finally, always use a good UPS and set the BIOS to boot on power up.
That way, you KNOW that all will be well if there's a power cut when
you're a thousand miles away on holiday.

Dave