No.

I would say absolutely not.

This talk will probably be helpful in convincing you why it’s not worth it

https://youtu.be/mrGfahzt-4Q?si=24HCKydAqngWogB1

Absolutely not. It’s notoriously hard.

Ask that question about anything, and ask these same questions about the same:

Do you want to learn? Do you have a reason to want to have understanding and control over it? Do you have the time, resources, energy and aptitude?

You’ve just answered your own question :)

Some people have a deep distain for the idea of self-hosted email, but there’s literally no good technical reason you can’t do it yourself. I think people react so strongly and insist it shouldn’t be self-hosted because they couldn’t hack it ;)

(yes, I’m poking them for fun)

Seriously, the only compelling reason they mention isn’t compelling: if you’re worried about deliverability, pay a reputable service for smarthosting through them. Problem solved, and you still get to 100% control your own filtering, logging, storage and access.

Waste of time, massive headache, constant security threat. Set a relay up for outbound so you can get consolidated root mails and system alerts. But skip the inbound and let Apple/Google/someone else manage the threat surface.

I have an O365 instance hosting my own domain for mail

“is it recommended” implies that the wisdom of crowds (a) exists, b) applies, c) is correct.

What do YOU want to do? That’s all that matters.

I’ve run my own mail server for over 20 years. I enjoy it, and its nice having my mail sit in my basement.

I selfhost everything I want except for email, just not worth it imo.

waste of time IMO. Most messages will not make it through spam filters because of a bunch of reasons. Just writing your friends would be pointless.

I set one up for a while and it was a royal PITA! I have since switched to a managed email account using my own domain. So much less trouble. It’s just not worth it in my opinion.

Nope. Spam mail

setting up email is easy, configuring it so you don’t get caught in spam filters, and you don’t get a ton is a full time job. I did it for awhile and just didn’t find it worthwhile any longer.

I for myself can say yes.

It is much cheaper than a package on a ISP, where you pay monthly your Domain and most time have limited mailboxes.

Why should I pay 10 or more Euro for my ISP, getting randomly mailboxes without DNSSEC, DANE, DKIM and so in, when I can get all of this for monthly 5 Euro. Ok I pay actually arouns 8 Euro, but have a fully featured plesk, which is nameserver for my domains, yes I said DOMAINS. I have all actually security features working, all my domains are best rated by security checks, have automatic reputation check and prevention.

So why pay 10 or more for mid-class ISP mails or around 8 Euro for full featured own plesk, where I can host as much mails, subdomains and other.

Ok, I’m an IT person, but my configuration isn’t that complex and also I dont have to do time taking maintainance, because plesk is automatically updating most things.

If you want to do it for fun and learning, ok I guess.

But nobody really does it anymore.

For actual mail that I would use, just go with a mainstream provider.

If you want to actually learn real-world skills, get yourself your own 365 tenant with a single license. Well worth the spend (or free if you can get a partner license).