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What service one should NOT self host (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by SuperWill5633@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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Like the title says, I'm new to self hosting world. 😀 while I was researching, I found out that many people dissuaded me to self host email server. Just too complicated and hard to manage. What other services that you think we should just go use the currently available providers in the market and why? 🙂thank you

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[–] roboticfoxdeer@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Email. It sounds good on paper until you realize basically every email service on earth either marks you as spam or blocks you completely

[–] grobouletdu33@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Mail server, too many troubles related to domaine name blocking/ban, good for internal network/VPN use but not for anything serious

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