[Maledictus]

Email is endgame, I suggest you get more experience self hosting in other areas first.

[InfinityByTen]

I concur. I did mention there was a rush and foolhardiness. That's my mid 30s excitement. Let me revel a bit :P

I do want to be able to take control; with photos and Google not giving me a folder view to manage them was the last straw that pushed me deep into the self hosted world. I just want to de-google as much as reasonable.