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Self hosting mail server is one of the worst ideas. You need to have top notch security, always updating patches and on top of that somehow manage to get your mail not to go into spam folder. Google and Microsoft don't usually like self hosted emails.
If you still are going to go through with this, good luck! I'm going to check regularly how your path goes. Sadly I can't help you at all, just some wide words repeated by others.
Debian is excellent choice.
I admin a debian mail server in my job and hands down it is the biggest pain in the rear. The more I learn about it, the more I realize we have huge unsolvable gaps in documentation, maintenance ability, and monitoring.