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@[email protected] I would say in retrospective, email, but it is too late now.
While I do have self hosted backups, I also have offsite, paid copies as well, not sure if that can be considered "self hosting" though.
Email was one I figured I would get an answer for. I know plenty of people do it, but I’m not sure if I’d trust myself to do it right.
The paid offsite backups just seem like a good idea. Some might have the ability to also self-host that, whether it be in a friend/family members home, but if that isn’t an option, paying for a service could save your ass some day.
It's not even about doing it right. It's a PITA to manage when big players can just decide to block your server and then you'll be jumping trough hoops with Microsofts spam filtering program and whatnot just go get your messages trough. It's got very little to do if you've managed things right on your end, random issues with delivery just pop out of the thin air and it's your job to monitor it, swear by your mothers name to the big players that you'll play nicely and hope that their robotic overlords are satisfied with your time and effort.
And if you host email for anyone else it gets exponentially worse. I've been doing it long enough that apparently my server has a reputation now so those cases aren't as frequent as they used to, but they still pop up now and then and it takes time to figure it out with no other reward than the issue goes away, until it returns without any way to really know why.
@[email protected] tbh I started hosting my email when I was young, I wanted to learn and had no major responsibilities. I think you learn a lot in terms of UNIX processes, networking, specific details about email like DKIM, etc. but at this moment I would not start doing it by myself.
Still every now and then something breaks and it is kind of painful to review things. Additionally, sometimes your emails are considered spam.