On 17/08/20 12:33, Ashley Dixon wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 04:50:43AM +0000, Caveman Al Toraboran wrote: >> thoughts on how to maximally satisfy these >> requirements? > > How many concurrent users will be connected to the mail server? How much > traffic > will the S.M.T.P. server receive (read: how many e-mails arrive on a > daily > basis)? If you really don't trust your V.P.S. provider, and your mail server > is > small-ish, you could just skip all the trust issues and buy a cheap Raspberry > Pi > for £20 or so.
Yup. If you've got mail DNS records pointing at your home server, incoming mail shouldn't be a problem and your vps admin can't snoop :-) > > Running a mail server over a domestic connection presents some issues, such > as > dynamic I.P. ranges appearing in the Spamhaus blocklist, or some > tyrannicalesque > I.S.P.s blocking outbound port 25 (S.M.T.P. submission port), but it is > possible > to have a smooth, self-administered mail server, providing you can put in > the > time and effort. I have been doing it myself for a few years with Courier > and > Postfix (although I wouldn't recommend Courier; Dovecot is far superior). > Can't you tell your server to forward all outgoing mail to your ISP's SMTP server? That way, you don't have to worry about all the spam issues, and it *should* just pass through. The main worry for snooping is inbound mail waiting for collection - outbound requires a dedicated eavesdropping solution and if they're going to do that they can always snoop ANY outgoing SMTP. Cheers, Wol
