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Okay I understand that email hosting is bad for SENDING email , but what about only RECEIVING email , isn’t it a good idea to keep my stuff private ? I rarely send personal emails, and like to avoid my data being used for marketing purposes Is that bad to have smtp imap open on dynamic ip address ? Just asking your opinion
I'm doing exactly that, and it works like a charm. Get a DynDNS, backup mx and SMTP relay and you're good, or get a domain provider like strato.de that already includes all three with the domain.
Spam is also manageable. I get maybe 1-2 per day that make it past the filter, and I do have to add some custom keyword filters from time to time, but that's about it. Fetching updated filter lists and self-learning from past errors keeps the filter up to date and is completely automated.