Re: [TUHS] Who is running their own mail server and what do you run?

I run my own mail. Linux and FreeBSD servers, running qmail (plus lots of patches) and dovecot (and local, direct maildir access on the servers, for users who want to run alpine or mutt). The stackable filters concept in qmail (and other DJB software) makes it ridiculously easy to write plugins using the language/toolkit of your choice, so you can easily pass all mail through spamassasin, clamav, defer-first/gray-listing setups, RBLs, etc. I spent some time on this setup years ago, and haven't really touched it since, yet it still seems to keep the spam down to manageable levels. The real challenge in hosting your own mail seems to be on the outbound side. Google seems to be pretty distrustful of small, hobbyist systems, even though none of my IPs has ever been used for spamming, and I took the time to setup stuff like SPF. I haven't heard too many complaints lately, but for a while, I had a number of users complaining that their emails were always being marked as spam for gmail users... -Jason