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07 Jul 2026Sam wallness

SMTP Server Hardening: A Practical Checklist for Securing Your Mail Server

A mail server connected to the internet is a high-value target for open relay abuse, spam injection, and phishing attacks. This checklist covers SMTP hardening essentials — from closing open relays and enforcing TLS to rate limiting, authentication records, and monitoring.

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Self Hosted Email

07 Jul 2026Sam wallness

The Security Risks of Self-Hosted Email Nobody Budgets For

Self-hosting email means becoming your own spam filtering, patching, and incident response team, permanently. Here's an honest look at the security risks that rarely make it into the self-hosting decision.

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