2022-01-09 21:42:05 -05:00
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template: post
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title: Maddy: the five-minute mail server
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author: flewkey
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timestamp: 1641781240
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I am waiting at the airport this evening, cursing the weather for delaying my
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flight for so long. I’ve already bumped my
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[packages](https://git.sdf.org/flewkey/flewkey-overlay), so I might as well
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gush about some software that I adore.
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A few months ago, [cricket](https://cricket.piapiac.org/) published a
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[blog post](https://cricket.piapiac.org/blog/openbsd-mail-server/) outlining how
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2022-01-25 22:16:12 -05:00
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she configured her mail server on OpenBSD. Reading this post made me consider
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self-hosting my email as well, since Yandex is a pain in the neck to deal with.
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However, configuring a mail server seemed annoying as well, so I put it off.
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A few weeks later, I learned about the
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[Maddy Mail Server](https://maddy.email/),
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a moment which forever changed my life. The server is a single daemon with a
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sane default configuration, requiring no significant dependencies by default.
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It is so simple and foolproof that even I could set it up. After packaging it
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for Debian, guided by the
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[installation instructions](https://maddy.email/tutorials/setting-up/),
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it was smooth sailing.
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### Installing maddy
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* Install package
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* Make certbot keys readable for maddy
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* Set the domain name in the config
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* Start the daemon
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* Add the DNS records
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* Make an account
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* Connect an email client
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### Conclusion
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Setting up maddy is as easy as configuring NGINX. It only took me five minutes
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to get up and running.
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There are no more excuses: self-hosting email is easy now. If you are
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interested, please give it a go.
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