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>get off their butts and host their own email. It's not hard, it's not expensive and it's not a lot of work to maintain either. It can even be fun and informati
by rev_bird 11y ago
>get off their butts and host their own email. It's not hard, it's not expensive and it's not a lot of work to maintain either. It can even be fun and informative.
I'd love to do this -- I ran an email server for a while and it really was informative. But my sent mail got sent straight to the spam bin every time. Ironically enough, Gmail's spam filters are usually so reliable that people don't really check for false positives with any reliable frequency, so I bailed.
- Tepix 11y agoI'm running my own mailserver since the late 90s. I haven't had that issue. You do need to use an IP address from a non-dialup pool, i.e. rent a VPS or a dedicated server at an ISP. When you start with a new IP address, check if it's on one of the spam blacklists. If it is, complain to your ISP (and to the blacklist). Get your IP off the list. Next, add all the usual anti-spam things such as SPF records, DKIM, SSL certificate and a reverse DNS record.
- Chlorus 11y ago> You do need to use an IP address from a non-dialup pool, i.e. rent a VPS or a dedicated server at an ISP At which point you're back to trusting a third-party to not mess with your data.