Hello,

I want to deploy a simple mail server so that it can be used for users to register themselves or reset passwords, etc.

Is there an easy one to deploy (in docker if possible) ?

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I’d advice against it, aside from spam filters, and it being a general PITA, there is a chance your ISP will block any outgoing mail traffic (in my case orange blocks it)

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Which orange ? I’m with orange Belgium.

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All you need is a local smtp server that relays to another, “real” smtp server. I have a postfix that is configured to use the Proton smtp servers (before that it was Googles). No issues on Telenet.

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This tool is for your use case. It comes with bonus privacy features like unique address for each service so they can’t cross track you

https://simplelogin.io/

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SimpleLogin is for mail aliasing, not transactional mail.

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Interesting how you use “simple” and “mail server” in the same sentence.

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You don’t need a mail server to send emails

Use an smtp smart host like smtp2go

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+1 to this worked for me, only issue was they block common free emails (like gmails etc) from making accounts but porkbun made it super easy to make a email forward that worked!

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I self host my email. It was hard work to set up. 0/10. Would not come again.

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i self host my mails for almost 20 years now, it was hard work in the beginning, now it’s just a few updates a year. no problem with blacklists or anything, a good hoster is probably beneficial, 10/10 would recommend, even just to learn how all of this works

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That’s true. I did learn a lot, but the idea of setting it all up again gives me anxiety.

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I second this comment. It’s been a long time since I set one up and it was a pain. And from what I can tell it’s only gotten harder.

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