Well WebDav/CalDav/CardDav works quite OK. Baïkal is trivial to selfhost (cal+card) then you just pick some webdav implementation like KaraDav/PicoDav/FlyDav and you are good.

Email is really the one that requires lot of caring about so not easy to self host.

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kavouras an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Yes I'm aware, what I'm saying is, in the time between setting up my home server again, I've realised it's not even that useful. I used to think that having my todo and calendar locally on my phone was unusable.

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cromka an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

IMHO the problem starts when you need to share your calendar with the outside, then you need to expose that service to the Internet and, to me, it's a whole different level of complexity making sure it remains safe.

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throw-12-16 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

You can self host email in an afternoon, its not nearly as bad as people make it out to be.

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cromka an hour ago | parent [-]

It's not about configuration but rather your IP reputation and the struggle to not have your mail go straight to addressee's spam folder.

	▲	throw-12-16 31 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Thats just a matter of buying a decent IP and setting up DMARC and DKIM. I see this reasoning as the #1 reason not to self host, but it really isn't a big issue once you do the initial setup.