On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 07:05:52AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:59:06 +0530
> Didar Hossain <di...@purlo.in> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to host my own email on the cloud - I don't want to use G Suite or
> > any
> > other commercial service because I would like to have control over my email.
> >
> > I read around a little and it seems that most cloud providers block SMTP
> > ports
> > (25,587,465) from/t the internet as well sometimes from within their
> > network.
> > This poses a real problem for my deployment plans. Also, note that my
> > design has
> > separate MSA (submission), Mailstore (IMAP) and MTA (MX) nodes.
> >
> > I have shortlisted Digital Ocean and Linode for my use because both of
> > datacenters in India. Is anyone using either of them for MX service?
> >
> > Any and all feedback is most welcome including specialist/small VPS
> > providers
> > who I can consider to host the MX node for my domain at least.
>
> Have you seen Ars Technica's series on self-hosting email? It
> may be a bit dated (it's from 2014), but they're pretty good on such
> topics. They mention a couple of VPS providers (A Small Orange,
> Lithium Hosting), but I took a quick look, and they somewhat pricey:
>
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/how-to-run-your-own-e-mail-server-with-your-own-domain-part-1/
Yes, those hosting providers to seem a little pricey, but if I am able send and
receive emails without *much* problems I can consider them.
Kind regards,
Didar
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