DIY Mail
Pretty much reflects my view.<p>Mail is hard to set up properly, but it&#x27;s not <i>ridiculously</i> hard to set up. Anyone with average Unix administration skills can do it. I might add that OpenSMTPd is a lot easier than postfix and makes a dangerous open relay misconfiguration hard to do, so it&#x27;s my recommendation to the uninitiated.<p>It requires maintenance attention, but not a <i>ridiculous</i> level like some suggest.<p>What is <i>ridiculous</i> is the effort you will go to to stop your connections being bounced, or (worse) your emails going to spam folders. It&#x27;s <i>this</i> third reason why I use Fastmail to run my email. Technical accumen is of some but limited assistance here. In essence you will you will be struggling to build an IP reputation with low traffic flow.  This article has some interesting insights on this topic.