After moving from a shared host, I was used to being able to create email accounts easily. However when I started hosting with Digital Ocean, I have no idea or if it is even possible to set up an e-mail account, and access it through a web interface at yourwebsite.com/mail for example. Please can you shed some light on how I can go about this?
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For exactly this purpose we’ve developed migadu.com. Should be very easy to setup with automatic DigitalOcean DNS setup. Would be cool if you could check it out.
I personally use an external mail service (Google apps): http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/business/ <br> <br>It used to be free but it’s not anymore. It’s still relatively cheap if you don’t have a lot of accounts. <br> <br>Setting up your own mail server isn’t a “do it and forget about it” thing, I don’t recommend hosting your own mail server unless you know what you’re doing.
For the monthly fee, you get a high-quality VPS; a DNS manager; responsive support; and the backing of an active D.O. community; and … that’s pretty much it. If you want e-mail, you have to arrange for that yourself. How many e-mail accounts do you think you’ll need? Are there any specific features you’re looking for, e.g. web access, IMAP, groupware integration, etc.? <br> <br>Here’s one, of a myriad of options: <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-iredmail-on-ubuntu-12-04-x64”>How To Install iRedMail On Ubuntu 12.04 x64</a>.
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