Remembering which email software I used
November 08, 2023 —
Nico Cartron
After web hosting and DNS, let's have a look at the email software I used!
My domain
I bought the ncartron.org domain in November 2002 (so more than 20 years ago, time flies!), and as for web hosting and DNS, I used various providers / software for email.
History
I didn't write down all the changes I did, so most of the below will be off the top of my head :)
Some lookup/history sites do keep track of DNS changes (see here for my MX records):
- 2003-2008:
- ISP: FreeBSD server at home
- Mail server: Postfix + UW IMAP + Squirrelmail Webmail
- 2009:
- ISP: Simply Mail Solutions
- Mail Server: Zimbra
- 2010-2013:
- ISP: Google (Google Apps)
- Note: convenient at the time, but I moved away because of privacy concerns
- 2014-2016:
- ISP: Scaleway/Dedibox
- Mail server: Postfix + Cyrus IMAP
- Since 2017:
- ISP: OVH
- OS: Debian GNU/Linux
- Mail server: Postfix + Dovecot
- Q4 2023: migration in progress:
- ISP: OpenBSD.Amsterdam
- OS: OpenBSD
- Mail server: Postfix + Dovecot
Wrap Up
As for web hosting and DNS, I switched email providers a few times in 20 years, but am now sticking to self-hosting with Postfix/Dovecot.