[$] Book review: Run Your Own Mail Server
The most common piece of advice given to users who ask about running their own mail server is don't. Setting up and securing a mail server in 2024 is not for the faint of heart, no [...]
@LWN @mwl that's bit of a self-fullfilling prophecy though.
The more we leave mail serving to a few 800lb gorillas, the more it will be the case that we'll have no choice but to relinquish complete control of email infrastructure to a few 800lb gorillas.
The de-democratization of email is a very bad thing. Once subjugated by oligopolies, it will be irretrievable lost.
@LWN A really great book, as usual.
@LWN Anything beyond running an internal Postfix relay is pretty painful