Self-hosted mail · mail.5457090.xyz

My own domain, my own mailboxes

MailCorner is the Postfix + Dovecot mail service behind 5457090.xyz — running since September 2022. The one-year field report is on the main blog; this site carries the setup parameters and the weekly deliverability probes.

What it provides

Addresses for the whole network

Alerts and notifications for every service here are sent from dedicated addresses on this domain.

Separate inbound / outbound

LMTP delivery in, an independent outbound queue out — a jam on one side never blocks the other.

Spam filtering

Rspamd with locally trained rules; false-positive rate under 0.1% on this mailstream.

Standard clients

Plain IMAP / SMTP with implicit TLS. Any mail app connects; no webmail lockdown.

Mailbox aliases

AddressDelivers toPurpose
alvin@5457090.xyzprimary inboxpersonal mail
notify@5457090.xyzprimary inboxservice alerts (send-only)
archive@5457090.xyzarchive inboxreceipts and credentials, receive-only
abuse@5457090.xyzprimary inboxreports from the outside world

The 5457090.xyz network

This service is one of several running on the 5457090.xyz domain. The rest of the fleet:

DomainServiceWhat it does
www.5457090.xyzMain blogAlvin's Notebook — long-form write-ups about this fleet
cloud.5457090.xyzCloudHubPrivate file sync and machine backup landing zone
cdn.5457090.xyzStaticHubStatic asset cache for every site on the network
api.5457090.xyzAPI gatewayShared JSON API facade for the network's services
git.5457090.xyzGitNestSelf-hosted git hosting, read-only public clones
lab.5457090.xyzLab NotebookWeekend experiments with downloadable datasets
dev.5457090.xyzDevToolsLocal-first developer tools, nothing leaves the network