Out of curiousity, what did you dislike about it?

One thing that comes to mind is an NTP server, or if you have a beefy server, you could host maps

relatively small

Until you dump 2000 RAW photos on there

I’d advice against it, aside from spam filters, and it being a general PITA, there is a chance your ISP will block any outgoing mail traffic (in my case orange blocks it)