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Any post about self-hosting email inevitably gets posts from people who think it's their place to tell others what not to do.

Replace "email" in what you wrote with "web". Is it just too easy for something to go wrong? Sure, for certain kinds of people. Everyone should just stop hosting servers altogether, if we're worried about things possibly going wrong.

People here, generally, aren't technically illiterate. We don't need you to tell us that because you're not comfortable doing something, we shouldn't.

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That's called a lively discussion. What's your problem with that? People here are not technically illiterate, but we aren't smart either, are we? Most of the articles found here talk about issues found while working on or with XYZ. Why do you think that is? Because the people here make mistakes, too, or make wrong decisions. And hosting your own email requires lots of knowledge about server and email security, so a voice emphasizing that is just as much a contribution as a voice emphasizing that you can host your own email.

Okay dude.. I'm offering feedback based on actual experience I have. You're free to ignore it if you want, but don't attack me for my opinions.

It's obvious when your website goes down. It's not obvious that emails aren't being delivered and you've missed something important that you'll never see.

I'm not attacking you. I just see too many people say to not do something, and think that's a silly thing to say to a technical crowd.

Also, I don't agree that it's not obvious when something goes down. You don't know how I or my users check my email. If anything, I hear from people much more quickly when there's an issue with email than web!

You can check your email, everything will show up fine (or at least what you think is everything).. that doesn't mean there's not some problem with email delivery that you don't know about.

To reply to something you said in your first comment, as someone with over a decade of experience it is my place to share my thoughts about this subject. If you want to ignore my thoughts go ahead, I could care less.. but I don't appreciate how you're acting like I'm doing something wrong.

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