[jonquest]

I was a mail administrator for around 10 years in a fairly small business and I can’t imagine why anyone would want to host their own email. My old employer contacted me because a system I had built finally died and they wanted to build a new one. Once I got over the shock that they had still been using it I suggested going with a hosted solution. I mean they’re relatively cheap for good service and avoids a world of hurt for the inexperienced mail admin. At first they insisted they wanted to keep it in house so I went over what all they needed to build a new system. About a week and several “how do I” emails later I get one more: “we decided to go with a hosted solution.” I was happy. They are happy even if they don’t know they are. It’s more of a commitment than I think some folks often realize.

[dmm]

> I can’t imagine why anyone would want to host their own email

resisting mass surveillance

Also, whatever value Clinton saw in self-hosting.

[sct202]

The main use case was to support her Blackberry.

[_-david-_]

> Also, whatever value Clinton saw in self-hosting.

I assume it was to prevent FOIA requests which is not a big risk for the majority of us.

[treeman79]

There was a LOT of surveillance of her emails.

[dmm]

No doubt but targeted surveillance is very different from mass surveillance.

[nix23]

I'm hosting my own mail-server without any problems, for former jobs i supported MS-Exchange small iRedmail instances and ~big self-made solutions, sure it is a commitment but is that not every internet facing service?