March 2020 - Cross Connected

Email

‘Self-hosting’ a Mail Server with a Custom Domain and Partial Redundancy – The Relays (Outgoing)

So if you read my introduction to this series, you will know that I have attempted to address the common issues with ‘self-hosting’ by adopting a hybrid approach, relying on two types of relay service: An SMTP (outgoing) relay – this is in many ways the most important of the Read more…

By edward.cross, 6 months6 months ago

Email

‘Self-hosting’ a Mail Server with a Custom Domain and Partial Redundancy – The Basics

So in my last post I talked about why I’d decided to go down the route of partially self-hosting my email service. In this post I’ll start with setting up the basics. Unless your internet service provider (ISP) provides you with a static public IP address, the first thing most Read more…

By edward.cross, 6 months5 months ago