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Re: "We really should host our own email servers on VPSes"
I ran a mail server for a bit, but as others have said, it becomes a real chore. Nowadays I just use migadu and I don't have to worry about my emails being rejected by Google and others.
2 hours ago
We really should host our own email servers on VPSes — I got an email reply from someone who discovered my email 10 days after sending in his spam folder. I'm not sure why - maybe he hosts his domain at Outlook.com or Gmail and it's difficult to build up reputation for these A-holes. Or it may be because my VPS provider is on the UCEPROTECT-L3 blocklist (again). But I really like plaintext email despite all of it's problems. So I think the smolnet/IndieWeb community members should run their own...