However, ‘Hard’ is a subjective term. The deeper you are in a trade or the longer you have done it, the easier it comes to feel.
I agree with this. I don't think mail is particularly harder than other serious Linux and network system administration tasks. But it does require those sysadmin skills, and it's not something I would recommend to a typical software developer unless they were interested in broadening their sysadmin skills or had a particular need that could benefit from a self-hosted mail server.
I've been operating mail servers continuously since 1992, so I guess that's the buffalo I'm milking.
I agree with this. I don't think mail is particularly harder than other serious Linux and network system administration tasks. But it does require those sysadmin skills, and it's not something I would recommend to a typical software developer unless they were interested in broadening their sysadmin skills or had a particular need that could benefit from a self-hosted mail server.
I've been operating mail servers continuously since 1992, so I guess that's the buffalo I'm milking.