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mmm. s/email/www/ Email is centralized in the exact same way Facebook, Twitter, or Netflix are centralized--probably more so. There is less CDN, etc. infrastr

• gamblor956 8y ago
  Emails don't need CDNs. They don't need images. They can be sent directly from one computer to the other. There isn't a large infrastructure set up for email because it's so damn efficient that a 1990s era computer can serve as an email server for thousands of people. Every organization can host its own email programs: servers, clients, spam filters, etc. Most businesses and companies still host their own email.
  • vageli 8y ago
    > Every organization can host its own email programs: servers, clients, spam filters, etc. Most businesses and companies still host their own email. Do you have a source for this? Most companies I know of offload mail hosting to gsuite or Microsoft.