hosting emails at home

[Stephan H]

I have dovecot postfix setup on my home server as well.  I use a virtual
server in the cloud as my mx record and mail relay and have my home record
on dynamic dns.  It's really effective.

On Dec 10, 2017 2:37 PM, "Fabian A. Santiago" <fsantiago at garbage-juice.com>
wrote:

> On December 10, 2017 2:49:35 PM EST, "André Rodier" <andre at rodier.me>
> wrote:
> >Hello Mike,
> >
> >Yes, I am using a static IP address, but in theory, you could use a
> >dynamic one.
> >
> >Nothing technically would prevent email exchanges between two boxes, as
> >long as the SPF records are up to date and the DKIM is properly setup.
> >
> >Unfortunately, some ISPs are simply blacklisting full range of private
> >IP addresses just because they are not officials / commercials.
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >André
> >
> >On 10/12/17 19:24, Mike wrote:
> >>
> >> Nice.
> >>
> >> Are you using a static IP in this setup?
> >>
> >> It doesn't seem like it, but wanted to be sure.
> >>
> >> Mike.
> >>
> >> Quoting André Rodier <andre at rodier.me>:
> >>
> >>> Hello everyone,
> >>>
> >>> I have been using Postfix and Dovecot for my personal emails for
> >years.
> >>> After being tired of reinstalling my personal mail server many
> >times, I
> >>> am currently writing some Ansible scripts to do it automatically.
> >>>
> >>> I obviously checked the other projects, and did not found anything
> >close
> >>> to what I am looking for, so I am implementing it now.
> >>>
> >>> The final goal is to have a box that once online, would setup
> >itself, by
> >>> creating the certificates, the DKIM keys and update the appropriate
> >DNS
> >>> records.
> >>>
> >>> This is so far what I have achieved:
> >>> - Automatic generation of certificates using LetsEncrypt
> >>> - Automatic update of the domain entries: imap, smtp, webmail, etc.
> >>> - Automatic generation of a DKIM keys
> >>> - Automatic update of specific records (MX, SPF, DKIM, etc.)
> >>> - LDAP server for user accounts, with or without system login.
> >>> - Installation of Postfix, Dovecot and Roundcube
> >>>
> >>> Sending DKIM signed emails is working, and the IMAP server is
> >configured
> >>> as well, although basic.
> >>>
> >>> The postfix and dovecot configuration are not yet entirely finished.
> >I
> >>> am planing to add an anti spam system, and sieve, amongst other
> >things.
> >>>
> >>> Although in development during my spare time, the system is normally
> >>> robust and you should be able to run it multiple times without
> >errors.
> >>>
> >>> If anyone is interested to use it, to have a look, or to take part,
> >it
> >>> is here: https://github.com/progmaticltd/homebox
> >>>
> >>> Kind regards,
> >>> André Rodier.
> >>
> >>
>
> Non static ip'd mail servers are also blocked because they're typically
> spammers.
> --
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fabian S.
>
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