On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Raghavendra Kamath raghavendr.raghu@gmail.com wrote:
I have heard that managing a mail server is a nightmare, so much so that, even most experienced admins think twice before doing it. Is this true? And how easy it is to self host mails, and possibly stay out of the spamhaus list? How much worth is it when compared to a paid service like Kolab now?
IMO, it's almost a full time job (personal experience doing it for about 2 years).
The biggest headache is dealing with the support at the various RBL. There are many inexpensive providers; email messaging is their "core" competency. I would suggest let them handle it unless you want to enter this domain for a living.
Nowadays, I use a smart host relay for outgoing messages and for incoming messages, a MX pointing to a service provider.
-- Arun Khan