peace-keeping-villa8590 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I host my web services ie. nextcloud, photorism ect But I have yet to host my own email. I can only find limited information on it and I have been wanting to since I built my first Unraid server. Does anyone know of a suitable app to do this along with enough information available to setup and complete? Quote Link to comment
Michael_P Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Not a good idea, most ISPs frown on it, and all other email servers will likely not accept mail from your server - especially if you're not on a dedicated IP Quote Link to comment
peace-keeping-villa8590 Posted November 21, 2023 Author Share Posted November 21, 2023 On 11/12/2023 at 7:58 AM, Michael_P said: Not a good idea, most ISPs frown on it, and all other email servers will likely not accept mail from your server - especially if you're not on a dedicated IP I understand this but I still want to try it. If it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t work out. I want to try it and see what happens. Quote Link to comment
PSYCHOPATHiO Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 (edited) I host my email server with 4 domains, need help maybe? its a bit complicated to keep secure. Checkout mailcow as a start EDIT: for testing you mail domain mxtoolbox.com Edited November 21, 2023 by PSYCHOPATHiO Quote Link to comment
MrGrey Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Don't (listen to PSYCHOPATHiO). 18 hours ago, peace-keeping-villa8590 said: I understand this but I still want to try it. If it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t work out. I want to try it and see what happens. Then do it. MrGrey. Quote Link to comment
peace-keeping-villa8590 Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 On 11/21/2023 at 7:39 AM, PSYCHOPATHiO said: I host my email server with 4 domains, need help maybe? its a bit complicated to keep secure. Checkout mailcow as a start EDIT: for testing you mail domain mxtoolbox.com Yes, I’m looking for someone to assist me. I’ll check out mailcow. Is there good info on dns records? Quote Link to comment
peace-keeping-villa8590 Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 On 11/21/2023 at 7:39 AM, PSYCHOPATHiO said: I host my email server with 4 domains, need help maybe? its a bit complicated to keep secure. Checkout mailcow as a start EDIT: for testing you mail domain mxtoolbox.com Ok, so far I can send mail to a couple email providers (Google and Disroot) but I am still trying to receive mail. I think the issue is my pfSense firewall. I'm sure I have to make a rule or something to route traffic to the correct IP? Quote Link to comment
PSYCHOPATHiO Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 On 11/25/2023 at 8:40 AM, peace-keeping-villa8590 said: I'm sure I have to make a rule or something to route traffic to the correct IP? Port 25 is for SMTP incoming mail. Quote Link to comment
peace-keeping-villa8590 Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 9 hours ago, PSYCHOPATHiO said: Port 25 is for SMTP incoming mail. Yes but I don’t know how to route incoming traffic on port 25 to my mail server in pfSense. All the services I host are done through Cloudflare tunnels. I don’t think I can host an email server though a tunnel? Quote Link to comment
PSYCHOPATHiO Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 3 hours ago, peace-keeping-villa8590 said: Yes but I don’t know how to route incoming traffic on port 25 to my mail server in pfSense. All the services I host are done through Cloudflare tunnels. I don’t think I can host an email server though a tunnel? Well I'm not sure if I can help here, I don't have any experience with the tunneling of Cloudflare, can u do port forwarding on your ISP router? If yes then you have to Create dynamic DNS on pfSense and connect it to a subdomain on your Cloudflare, under Services click on Dynamic DNS Portfoward port 25 from ISP router to your pfSense instance IP In pfSense under the tab Firewall go to NAT and add the port 25 and forward it to your email server IP address I guess you can find YouTube videos on any of the things required to complete the setup Quote Link to comment
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