friends, I need to run a receive only mail server any suggestions for software, tips and best practices and what to absolutely never ever do are incredibly welcome

[fox@bark.lgbt]

friends, I need to run a receive only mail server
any suggestions for software, tips and best practices and what to absolutely never ever do are incredibly welcome

I've never hosted e-mail things before; assume I know nothing
I have a domain with DNSSEC, a VPS, and a lot of hope

#askfedi #duckduckfedi #selfhosting #selfhosted #emailhosting #email

[kooda@loutre.info]

@fox it should be very easy as receive only. Good old postfix and dovecot (if you want IMAP) would do the trick.

[hiro@loutre.info]

@Kooda @fox seconded, been using that for almost two decades.

[sheogorath@microblog.shivering-isles.com]

@fox I recommend to walk through this: https://workaround.org/

It's the most complete guide I know regarding running an email server at any scale.

You can of course also consider to run https://stalw.art/ but their stuff more "here, works and fingers crossed"