[Discuss] Delivering mail to folders

[tmetro+blu at gmail.com (Tom Metro)]

David Kramer wrote:
> Quick update: Just yesterday I contracted with Verizon for residential
> class triple play.

I'll be curious to see what level of service you get from the
residential class service.

I went through the quotation process for business class FIOS, and was
disappointed to see 30% or more price increase attributed to taxes and
fees and equipment charges, over and above their advertised prices. 10%,
 sure, that's expected, but over 30%? It felt like I was doing business
with a classic telecom (which they are), and not an internet provider.


> Giving up static IP...
> I also got a server on Linode and set up Postfix/Dovecot.

Other threads have recently mentioned the idea of using a dynamic IP
service combined with a cloud server, presumably using a VPN connection
to the cloud server. (Though if all you want is a VPN end-point with a
static IP, I'm sure someone can sell you that for less than a cloud
server. I seem to recall that HE provides IPv6 end-points for free or
cheap. I actually might be in the market for a VPN end-point that can
host a IPv4 class C I own.)

But you're planning to put not just your mail relay point, but your mail
storage in the cloud. The compelling reason for running your own mail
server is to physically have the storage be on premise, so it gains
certain legal protection that you don't get with a cloud service. If you
are going to store your mail in the cloud, then why not let someone else
 maintain Postfix, Dovecot, and the spam filters?

So I'm curious why you are bothering to run your own mail server? For
the fun or experience? Is your mail setup highly specialized?

There are mail hosting services that support sorting/filtering rules.
(Dreamhost, for example, supports Sieve.)

 -Tom

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