Self-hosting email in 2026 — brave or foolish? — follow-up

Caddy won me over with automatic HTTPS; nginx when I need fine control.

My little home lab started as a Pi and is now a full rack shelf — send help.

WireGuard took ten minutes to set up and replaced every port-forward I had.

Any tips, experiences or strong opinions welcome.

Would love to hear how you all handle this.

Unraid for mixed workloads, TrueNAS if storage is the priority.

Nice thread, following for the replies.

Caddy’s config reads like a postcard compared to nginx.

Thanks for sharing, saved me a lot of time.

The VLAN isolation tip is underrated.

Unraid for mixed workloads, TrueNAS if storage is the priority.

Good point, I had not thought of it that way.

The VLAN isolation tip is underrated.

Caddy’s config reads like a postcard compared to nginx.

Gigabit spoiled me — I can never go back.