> On 1 Sep 2024, at 10:19, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
> By looking at the headers of your email it appears you are sending via
> Google's MTA, which is fine (though some might highlight a pile of
> iffiness with it).

Yeah that’s the case, for now at least.

I contributed to the crowd funding for “Run your own mail server” so I’m planning to give that a go when I receive the book soon.

https://mwl.io/nonfiction/tools#ryoms

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwlucas/run-your-own-mail-server


> I used to use exim on the local mail server in early noughts because
> postfix at the time seemed to be quite complex to learn. When now life
> has offered time and wisdom (well, time at least) I've shifted to use
> postfix and have got duly impressed by how well documented it is and
> its modular flexibility for mail transport and filtering via separate
> sub systems.

I was able to understand enough postfix config to cobble together a basic mail server recently to complete part of the Hurricane Electric IPv6 certification. Who doesn’t love a free t-shirt :-D

https://ipv6.he.net/certification/

> I think there is similar flexibility with exim but I haven't had the
> need and opportunity to explore it further, but quite likely postfix
> and exim are in parity alternatives for the MTA function of a system.
>
> And who would object to having alternatives?
>
> Ralph.

I’m also wondering if anyone has suggestions for self-hosting Caldav and Carddav for calendars and address book? Are there options that integrate with mail setups on server side? Or is any integration just a client side convenience and nothing server related?

Tom