On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 06:38:24PM +0100, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: > And in this particular case we are discussing, not only a VPS is involved, > but also a 3rd party service that acts both as a MX for incoming mail and as > an outgoing SMTP server that actually delivers mail to recipients. The OP > even said that the VPS could be omitted, but the 3rd party service is > essential for him. For me, that definitely doesn't qualify as self-hosting.
To be fair (to me), the 3rd party service is only new in the past 3 years. Prior to that, communication to/from the internet was a Kimsufi (OVH) colo box. Perhaps I was lucky in that my IP wasn't listed in any blocklists. I'd 'self-hosted' like that for over 20 years. The VPS could be omitted. Alternatively the 3rd party service could be omitted if you can find yourself a decent IP that the world won't block either via a VPS or VPN. I wouldn't say the 3rd party serive is 'essential' - or maybe that was the pun because it is 'Proofpoint Essentials' :) As noted, it is a relatively new addition to my setup - and I chose to do that more for the email security aspects (I no longer care about running spamassassing or clamav, etc). PG _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
