I’ve been running my own server for over 5 years now. It has been a great and sometimes frustrating experience. I think I’ve finally decided to let the pros do the server administration and just focus on the other stuff. The other stuff being coding, writing, and playing with technology.
I’m looking into @Dreamhost. They seem to offer a wealth of features at a reasonable price. Honestly what gives me the most anxiety is transferring all the old IMAP email over to the new host. There’s a wiki entry about transferring email and using imapsync. I really need to investigate this.
Wish me luck. Updates to follow.