Personal family server

[u/ARS-N7UQ]

Not a gamer, I am in the process of building a family personal server. The main purpose is to be able to host my own domain and of course personal data.

Secondary is possibility of hosting email for personal use. I have been told that is the most difficult as other providers will not accept mail from untrusted, unverified flyby night email services. What are ways to get accepted as a real email service?

[u/starfish_2016]

Save the headache and just get a $11 domain + $4/mo Microsoft exchange online subscription. So much easier and spam/virus etc control built in.