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The bad thing about centralized internet is it makes some mail servers much juicer targets than the decentralized mail servers of old. I decided gmail wasn't f
by Clubber 10y ago
The bad thing about centralized internet is it makes some mail servers much juicer targets than the decentralized mail servers of old.
I decided gmail wasn't for me when I read they harvested your emails for ads. 1GB in 2004 sounded so enticing too!
If you are technically savvy and have access to a static IP, I highly recommend setting up postfix/dovecot and registering a domain. It's fairly straight forward for technical people. You can have it setup, soup to nuts in an hour or two. There's online docs everywhere.
It's probably not going to be as secure as a gmail, but it's a much smaller target. Most internet providers will give you a static for an extra $5 or so.
- rspeer 10y agoAnd then nobody ever receives your mail because the big mail servers don't trust you.
- Macuyiko 10y agoYeah exactly - last time I went through the trouble of setting up my own e-mail I decided it just wasn't worth it between PTR records, dmarc, and SPF. It's possible, sure, but takes away all of the old-fashioned enjoyment of quickly setting up a Linux box with postfix and on your way you were.
- Clubber 10y agoI don't have that problem and my mail PTR doesn't reverse to my mail domain, it reverses to my ISP. Maybe because I have a really old domain.