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0 pointsm_mueller7y ago0 comments

Isn’t spam the main problem nowadays? I find a hosted mail unusable without some spamfilter in front that is either costly or comes with your corporate accounts.

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Kovah7y ago

I don't think so. I was using a selfhosted email for years and never had any problems with spam. You just need to configure your email services to use some DNS block lists like those: zen.spamhaus.org bl.spamcop.net and so on. Also, setup DMARC and SPF entries for your domain. https://dmarc.org/

jraph7y ago

I have been using self hosted email for two years, spam, I have received < 5 spam emails targeted to my personal email address. Last spammy email was in February. Those mails were impersonating a read friend of mine and real people we both knew or they knew were in CC.

I did receive:

- several spam emails by week until May on another domain I host (at info@<domain> and contact@<domain>, easy to filter out)

- one spam last month at info@<mypersonaldomain>, also easy to filter out.

All of these spammy emails came from OVH IPs.

It's interesting to see that I haven't received any spam to personalized email addresses I give to stuff that need an email for registration so far.

edit: actually, I just received a spammy email at info@<domain>. So weird. Not from OVH this time.

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