opensmtpd is great! Aliases and alot more goodness On September 8, 2018 3:23:35 PM UTC, Ken M <k...@mack-z.com> wrote: >Just curious how many of you use openbsd to run your own personal email >server? >Do you find it a hassle to manage in any way? > >I know openbsd is perfectly fine for a mail server, don't get me wrong >the >question is more about is it worth it to do yourself. Specifically I >will >probably be doing it through a guest on vultr. > >Back story my family all has email addresses through the domain I have. >Which >basically will forward to a gmail account. The kids accounts don't >really >forward anywhere, they are place holders I guess. But they are getting >old >enough to use their own accounts for things and not just through the >school >which sets them up with google accounts to use through their >chromebook. > >So my wife really doesn't like the idea of setting them loose on their >own email >accounts, and I don't necessarily disagree with her, but I disagree on >the way >to do it. In a gmail point of view all I can think of is shared >passwords for >for the kids. I don't like that because first of all they could change >it, >second of all monitoring their email means literally reading their >email. > >My wife and I have different views on privacy as well. > >I was thinking I could run my own email server to give them accounts >there, and >at the same time instead of reading their email be able to more >specifically >block certain senders, but also to scan the email for troubling words. >In my >mind that is things like suicide, kill, etc. > >So I guess the end question, is for protecting the email of minors is >running my >own email server, when I have never done it before on any OS, worth it >over some >other solution. And yes I am very open to other suggestions for a >solution, even >if it is something I have to pay for, to avoid sharing passwords or >grotesque >privacy infringement of literally reading all their emails. > >Welcome to differences of opinion as well. Thank you. > >Ken
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