Ask HN: What would make you switch from Gmail to self-hosted email?
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.<p>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"<p>But I'm also seeing people frustrated with:
- Rising costs ($12/user/month for Google Workspace)
- Privacy concerns
- Account suspension risk
- Vendor lock-in<p>For those of you still on Gmail/Outlook/etc. - what would it actually take for you to self-host?<p>Not trying to convince anyone, genuinely curious about the decision-making here.
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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.<p>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"<p>But I'm also seeing people frustrated with:
- Rising costs ($12/user/month for Google Workspace)
- Privacy concerns
- Account suspension risk
- Vendor lock-in<p>For those of you still on Gmail/Outlook/etc. - what would it actually take for you to self-host?<p>Not trying to convince anyone, genuinely curious about the decision-making here.