[Liverpool] Setting up a private email server. .. part 36!

[Neil Bothwick]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 19:03:33 +0100, jn1057 via Liverpool wrote:

> Just to update anyone who is interested, I'm still in the process of
> learning how to host my own email server. Yes there are so many options
> and choices to make. 
> 
> So far, I've used namecheap.com to buy my Web domain. 
> 
> Found a reasonable price on: 
> 
> therivermerseyside.com
> 
> next, find a suitable email forwarding service, aaips.net seems to
> offer this for £1.20 /month

If you use a mail forwarding service, your mail isn't really private as
it is passing through the forwarding company's server(s). What you really
need is a static IP address, then you can set the MX record for your
domain to point to that IP address and all mail will be delivered
directly to you.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Give a man a fish and you have fed him for a day, but give him a case of
dynamite and soon the village will be showered with mud and seaweed and
unidentifiable chunks of fish.
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