Ask HN: What would make you switch from Gmail to self-hosted email?

  • Posted 16 hours ago by fenilsonani
  • 3 points
I've been running my own email server for the past month (https://github.com/fenilsonani/email-server) and I'm curious what the actual barriers are for people.

From my conversations, I keep hearing: - "Email is hard" (deliverability, spam, etc.) - "I don't want to manage another server" - "What if I lose my emails?" - "Google/Microsoft just works"

But I'm also seeing people frustrated with: - Rising costs ($12/user/month for Google Workspace) - Privacy concerns - Account suspension risk - Vendor lock-in

For those of you still on Gmail/Outlook/etc. - what would it actually take for you to self-host?

Not trying to convince anyone, genuinely curious about the decision-making here.

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