I too run my own mail server, using a mixed approach of a dumb cloud server as a point of presence on the public internet and a private server at home as the actual email store. That gets the benefit on being a non-consumer presence as far as the internet is concerned, but with all personal data stored locally.
With a little practice and experience, it's not difficult for those with technical skills to host their own email on a cheap rented server (along with a personal website etc). Buy a suitable domain, host at a reputable supplier on a dedicated host (i.e. IP) and there should be few problems (test with free accounts from the bit tech outfits).
Even nicer is to use Dovecot for IMAP either locally or remote. I run it locally with fetchmail to periodically (or on demand) grab email from the public server, with a little utility that lists the remote headers first so I can decide which/whether any are worth even downloading and reading - quite often it's a single click to delete everything unread.
With a little practice and experience, it's not difficult for those with technical skills to host their own email on a cheap rented server (along with a personal website etc). Buy a suitable domain, host at a reputable supplier on a dedicated host (i.e. IP) and there should be few problems (test with free accounts from the bit tech outfits).
Even nicer is to use Dovecot for IMAP either locally or remote. I run it locally with fetchmail to periodically (or on demand) grab email from the public server, with a little utility that lists the remote headers first so I can decide which/whether any are worth even downloading and reading - quite often it's a single click to delete everything unread.