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joeDoe via talk wrote on 2023-09-20 12:27:

 > I'm looking for a new provider as mine
 > changed their offer and it doesn't suit me so much any more.

Gandi.net?

They've recently switched their policy from 3 free 3GB mailboxes per 
domain registered to zero, instead charging $5 / month for one 10GB mailbox.

It's like they want customers to leave.  I understand running email is a 
nightmare, but I imagine quite a few customers will go elsewhere. They 
got me for one month's fee already.


I'm gonna try a VPS at https://websavers.ca - CAD $5/m is reasonable for 
a VPS. 2GB RAM, only 10GB storage; that's okay.



> But, I've been experimenting with running my own email server as part of 
> a Freedombox (a Debian Pure Blend).

Interesting, I just was looking at a .ca site featuring FreedomBox.

I'd noticed a rejected email in my mail server logs due to no PTR record 
for the sending domain.  I think it's *your* server, in fact.


I've not got a PTR record on mine at the moment, checking in with 
support on websavers.ca to see how that works.  Their "Client Centre" is 
standard with each account, and PTR records can be managed there. Nice.



rb