Grigory Shepelev
I want my own #email on my domain but don't want to hustle much. Although it'd much easier to selfhost email with #guix + dovecot I still kinda hesitate. What's the best "hackers" e-mail providers nowadays?
Nov 11 at 9:29amWeb
Show threadgoshaNov 11
@shegeley I don’t know about “hackers” but I’m very happy with @fastmail myself, 5 years a customer.
Show threadZhivko VasilevNov 11
@shegeley For self-hosting Dovecot?
Try **[stalw.art](https://stalw.art/)** — a single executable with built-in SMTP, IMAP, and JMAP support, plus antispam.
No need to juggle multiple services or complex setup. For service @fastmail
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Show threadKlara ❤️Nov 11

@shegeley

I wish I had the courage to do it on Guix but I personally went to just hosting it in DockerMailServer on Podman running on Debian. Not sure about mail services, I looked at mailbox.org and it's probably what I would've picked if I didn't go with self hosting, but I can't comment on the experience as I haven't tried it myself.

Show threadGuillaume GaullierNov 11

@boo_ @shegeley My emails have been at mailbox.org since 2017 or so, and it has been a very smooth experience. No surprises. Reasonable pricing too. I can highly recommend!

With a custom domain, you need some configuration to make sure your emails are not marked as spam by the big tech email providers; mailbox.org has good documentation about it.

Show threadErickNov 11
@shegeley not sure what you mean by "hackers" email, but I've been using Fastmail for a very long time and I am very happy with it.

I believe there is a way to get a referral link that might give you some sort of discount, I can look into that if you want to give it a try.
Show threadDmitry O. Nov 11

@shegeley self-host? Then @mwl has got you covered with his Run Your Own Mail Server book https://lwn.net/Articles/998153/

https://www.amazon.com/Run-Your-Mail-Server-Mastery/dp/1642350796

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 d [...]

LWN.net
Show threadDmitry O. Nov 11
@shegeley but I’m still on @protonprivacy mail and other stuff like disk and vpn
Show threadGinaNov 11

@shegeley "I want my own #email" - "but I don't want to hustle much."

You can only pick one.

Show threadDanny van KootenNov 11
@shegeley I've been very happy with mailbox.org for decades.
Show threadRonyNov 11
@shegeley
Do you have any guide on the Guix way? Did a search some time ago but couldn't find much.
Show threadGrigory ShepelevNov 11
@rony only the official doc https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Mail-Services.html
Show threadRonyNov 11
@shegeley
Ah I see. There's some additional hassle for setting up SMTP I'm just not ready for. Should be reproducible with Guix so I believe deep within the internet somebody should have that sorted already.
Show threadKennerNov 11
@shegeley check @Tutanota
Show threadvavakado Nov 11
@shegeley imo https://migadu.com/ is the best option
Migadu Email

Show threadwoozong 🅅Nov 11
@vavakado @shegeley
seconded! I'm very happy with migadu.
Show threadमोक्ष / untrusem ⁂Nov 11

@shegeley

There is https://codeberg.org/whitequark/mail.whitequark.org in nix, maybe you can covert to guix.

For provider

- https://posteo.de/en

mail.whitequark.org

Personal mail server configuration in NixOS using Roundcube, Postfix, Dovecot, and Rspamd

Codeberg.org
Show threadgregor perner 🐧Nov 13
@shegeley
mailbox.org is very established in the DACH market and a big OSS contributor