I am currently using zoho for my mails and my domain. But i wanted to host my own mail server. The problem with it is it is just super extensive to setup.
Isn't there an easy to use setup software including everything i need, like imap, spam, encryption and whatnot.
Also it seems the same software is already used for years. Has nobody come up with a better solution?
I used "MAIB" (mail-in-a-box) to setup a mail server on DigitalOcean.<p>I can't really recommend doing that there, and DigitalOcean advises against it for some good reasons. There are a lot of "gotchas" involved that require hoops to jump through to resolve, and they're not just related to DigitalOcean.<p>You're pretty much blacklisted by most of the big email providers before you send your first email because you're "untrusted", and you have to deal with them on an individual basis.<p>But, after having it up and running for over a year now and jumping through those hoops it's pretty awesome. I don't have to worry about my provider raising their prices, changing their services, or selling out to another company.<p>I can have and make as many email accounts as I want and don't have to pay extra for that, and I've got boilerplate code to integrate with any apps I make.<p>MAIB also has a built-in web base email client, and a "Cloud" app, that's available for each email account. It also has a built-in SSL cert manager that uses Certbot, and it has a built-in DNS server that I've really grown fond of and use for all my DNS needs now.<p>MAIB goes a long way to make it easier to setup and manage, and great community support, but it's still a fairly extensive ordeal to setup unless you're already familiar with the processes required to do that, and I wasn't when I started out.<p>All that said, I'm glad I did it. For me, it was well worth it.
I use postfix / dovecot with postgrey for spam filtering and it does a very nice job, but I'm sure there is a virtual machine that you can download with an entire mail setup somewhere....