[chaxor]

This is great. I noticed however that they mention that getting kicked off of Google (which apparently is happening *A LOT* now, as nearly every day there's been multiple HN posts stating they have been locked out) - and this is the (much needed) thrust towards self hosting these services.

However, I noticed they left out making a mail solution. This is important and shows just how enormous of an opportunity there is in this space to make a quick, easy simple, self hosted mail solution.

Any protonmail-like self hosted *simple* solutions out there?

[l72]

While it isn't hosting your own mail, Nextcloud does have some nice webmail interfaces, like rainloop, that can be configured using any imap/smtp server, like a desktop mail application.

My hosting provider has hosted my email for 15+ years (with my own domain), but their webmail isn't super great, especially for my non-techy family. They mostly use the mail app on their iphone, but Rainloop through nextcloud made it really easy for them to check through the web.

[sharikous]

The issue with mail is that it is supposed to be a reliable service where people can contact you on a multi-year or multi-decade span.

Sure it is fun to self host mail in your Raspberry in the garage. But for many people the reliability of standard providers is a necessity. And that's even without accounting the anti spam filters

[neoglow]

Author here. I have had some suggestions for this, because of this post. I have experimented a little, but I first want to fully understand what is going on in the mail landscape.

I want to write a beginner friendly guide on selfhosted mail in the future, so if you happen to have some tips, or things you want to know about, let me know!