Why is email so goddamn hard under the hood?

[elfs]

It never ceases to amaze me just how goddamned esoteric configuring a mail transport agent is. I wasted all goddamned day trying to get postfix to work, only to realize that I'd probably blown two setting up a virtual server system I didn't need, and is probably not as secure as I'd like.

I mean, why isn't there a simple email server setup with some reasonable spam filtering for Unix? Is it really that difficult? I can feel my brain leaking out my ears and I'm stressed to the max.

It is time for some herbal tea.