How difficult is it to setup a mailserver?
- by Jacob R
I want a secure mail solution, as I am looking to move away from Google and other parties looking into my private data.
How much of a PITA is it to setup my own mailserver? Should I go for an external provider with a good privacy policy and encrypted data instead?
I have a VPS running Debian (with a dedicated IP + reverse DNS), and I'm a fairly capable Linux administrator, having setup a couple of webservers, home networks, and looking over the shoulder of sysadmins at work.
The security I currently have on the VPS is limited to iptables and installing/running the bare minimum of what I need (currently basically irssi and lighttpd).
When setting up a mail server, is there a lot of stuff to take into consideration? Will my outgoing mail be marked as spam on other servers if I don't implement a number of solutions? Will reliable spam filtering be difficult to setup? Can I easily encrypt the stored mail?