Self Hosting Email in 2024

My Email History circa 1996 - Present 1996 to 1999 - The Dial-Up Era 1999 - 2003 - @unn.ac.uk / @ntlworld.com 2004 - 2011 - @gmail.com + Spamgourmet tagged Why Did I Decide To Ditch Gmail? 2012 - Present - Self-hosted at my own domain Hardest Thing About Ditching Gmail? Challenge 1 - A Good Webmail Client Challenge 2 - Isn’t It Impossible To Email Google/Yahoo/Microsoft Though? Challenge 3 - Calendar/Contact/File Sync Easiest Things Mail Software Anti-Spam Hosting Locations Conclusion Introduction It seems to be commonly held wisdom these days that self-hosting is great… but you’d be crazy to use it for email.