long shot -- email server/client to digital ocean droplet -- with "EmailEngine"

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM bruce <badouglas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is a continuation of my previous email on figuring out how to
> handle Email (send/receive) for an ubuntu server.
>
> I've been trying to find tutorials/steps/etc without much luck. I'm
> assuming this is user error.
>
> I can eventually trial/error through this, but  I'd prefer to have
> someone that's gone through this to be the guide on this.
>
> As far as I can tell, I think the steps should be something similar to:
> - setup server
> -setup ports/services
> -emailServer would handle the send/receive
>    but, would one have to hook into the "server" web portal to setup
> the overall process?
>   I'm not ready to do a complete setup of a mail server on the ubuntu
> server, as this  would be a level of complexity that might be overkill
>   I'm also trying to get my head around the "cost" of the overall process
>   I'm already paying Digital Ocean a monthly fee, don't think I want
> to pay $20/mth to test out emails -- I'm not  looking at more than
> 100-200/mth

Your messages are off-topic.  You should find somewhere else to ask
your Digital Ocean hosting questions.

You need to do better than "I'm composing this message on Ubuntu..."

Jeff