And this is why we run our own mail server.

tomjen3 · on Feb 28, 2011

Honestly if I attempt to run my own mail server, chances are that I am going to be in bigger trouble than if I just used Gmail.

But you won't see it on hacker news...

dschobel · on Feb 28, 2011

for the 0.000001% of time that gmail is down? your homebrew mail setup can beat that?

abalashov · on Feb 28, 2011

No, for the fact that the 99.99% (you heard it, four 9s!) of time that my mail server is up, I have full control (and responsibility) for my mail.

bonch · on Feb 28, 2011

In that 0.000001% of the time (snicker), your email is 100% inaccessible.