# Dns

## Self-hosting mail the hard way (Postfix + Dovecot + PostfixAdmin + Roundcube, and zero Mailcow)

If you came here scared of mail servers: good. That means you’re paying attention. This post is for you. I assume you can SSH into a Linux box and copy-paste carefully. I do not assume you already know what an MX record is, why port 587 exists, or why Cloudflare’s orange cloud and SMTP should never meet at a party. I wanted real email on my own machine — mail.alipourimjourneys.ir — without buying a “smart” appliance and without installing one of those giant all-in-one stacks. Mailcow is excellent. Stalwart is excellent. I still said no. Sometimes the point is to feel each moving part with your own hands, even if that means spending an evening arguing with nginx about whether a certificate belongs to mail or to Matrix. (Spoiler: when in doubt on this box, it was Matrix.) ...

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