Overview
Imagine running your own email server at an astonishingly low cost of just 8-16 cents per user per month, powered by AWS's efficient EBS storage at only 8 cents per GB per month. Our "selfhostedemailserver" package is designed to be the ultimate user-friendly solution for setting up and managing your email infrastructure as easily as you handle a website with cPanel. Whether you're an individual or a small business, our intuitive interface and pre-configured tools make email hosting a breeze, with costs scaling affordably based on your storage needs. With seamless integration with AWS SES, you can leverage industry-standard email protocols (IMAP, SMTP, POP3) to maintain full control over your email environment without the complexity.
Ease of use is at the core of our solution. You don't need to be a tech expert to get started -- our step-by-step guides, automated scripts, and streamlined dashboard simplify everything from domain setup to spam filtering and SSL certificate management. The platform is designed to be as approachable as cPanel, ensuring that anyone can configure and maintain a secure, reliable email server with minimal effort. Say goodbye to complicated server management and hello to a smooth, hassle-free experience.
Best of all, our "selfhostedemailserver" package is a fraction of the cost of traditional email hosting providers, thanks to its integration with AWS SES for affordable, scalable email delivery. By self-hosting, you eliminate expensive third-party subscriptions while retaining complete control over your data, privacy, and customization options. Whether you're handling sensitive information or scaling for business growth, our solution offers unmatched value, flexibility, and simplicity -- making it the cPanel-like choice for email management.
Highlights
- Save money hosting your own self hosted email server.
- Automate administration of your own self hosted email server.
- Includes postfix software.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t2.large Recommended | $0.00 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.00 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.00 |
m5dn.8xlarge | $0.00 |
d3en.2xlarge | $0.00 |
c7a.metal-48xl | $0.00 |
c6in.2xlarge | $0.00 |
m6a.2xlarge | $0.00 |
c5d.large | $0.00 |
c5d.xlarge | $0.00 |
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the AMI image is free.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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initial release
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Usage instructions
- SSH into VM using ubuntu as the username
- Invoke the selfhostedemailserver binary with the command "selfhostedemailserver"
- This should install postfix and bsd-mailx
- This is already sufficient to test the deliverability of the email. How's how to test deliverability 4a. visit mail-tester.com 4b. mail-tester.com will generate a random email address. This random email is just for you. mail-tester.com is expecting you to send a test email to that email. It will report on the deliverability of that email you sent. 4c. Use mailx to send a test email. Here's an example of mailx: echo "hello world" | mailx -r <root@bughousechessonline.com> -s "hello world" <hello@programmerhat.com>
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