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> The underlying protocols are well over 40 years old old != broken > In practice, self-hosting email is problematic and presents risks Not more, than self h
by pmlnr 7y ago
> The underlying protocols are well over 40 years old
old != broken
> In practice, self-hosting email is problematic and presents risks
Not more, than self hosting WordPress....
And it's really not that problematic to self host it. I'm very tired of always hearing how hard it is when all one needs to do is adding a few dns records for spf, dkim, dmarc and reverse dns, and it works.
> At the same time, the utility and practicality of email is rapidly declining.
Not as infrastructure, no. In personal communication, yes.
You are correct on some points, especially the power concentration. On other points we're over complicating email. We need to accept that it'll never be as "private" as some enthusiasts would like it to be, but it's a more than adequate for reliably exchanging information.
- dredmorbius 7y agoNo, old does not necessisarily mean broken. But the assumptions, scale, and environment (particularly trustworthiness and safety) under which email was developed no longer match present reality. I've hosted email for 40m+ users. It's nontrivial.