THEY always tell you it is too hard and too complicated to run your own mailserver. Well, that's a lie. 

In this video we are going to set up our own mailserver. We discuss reasons to do that, prerequisites, recommendations, security, the actual installation process, setting the required DNS-entries (including DKIM, SPF, and DMARC), setup of mailboxes, and what to do after the installation.

This video is a bit longer, but this is time well spent if you want to run your own mailserver! Please apologize the sound quality - I had some issues with the microphone. :-(

Resources:
GIST with firewall commands: 
https://gist.github.com/opentaq/2ce85108bee528700477c6db89610968

Mailcow Documentation:
https://mailcow.github.io/mailcow-dockerized-docs/

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Why running your own mailserver?
02:59 - Prerequisites
04:32 - VPS- / VM-Setup
08:17 - Securing the System
10:57 - Reverse DNS
11:51 - Basic DNS
13:49 - Installing the Mailserver
16:10 - Changing the Admin-Password
17:09 - Adding a Domain and Finishing the DNS-Setup
24:05 - Adding a Mailbox
25:38 - Checking the Configuration
27:29 - Using the Mailserver
28:45 - What's Next?
30:28 - What do YOU think?

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