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it is like saying in the 90s: we don't need open protocols like pop3/imap, because AOL is centralized anyway (fast forward today: yes, most people still use ce
by nfin 6y ago
it is like saying in the 90s: we don't need open protocols like pop3/imap, because AOL is centralized anyway
(fast forward today: yes, most people still use centralized gmail/outlook.com, but I still have a) the choice to host my mails and b) lower cost to build a service that compete with the big ones, as I don't need to part of the big-players to plug-in to the open "email-system")
In "crypto" centralized" companies are not required for most stuff inside crypto (mostly necessary to bridge the new with the old fiat system)
- cortesoft 6y agoAlthough that 'open email system' isn't as open in practice, since most of the big providers aren't going to accept your email if you set up your own sender.
- afidrya 6y agoFor example which ones? For past few years I'm using Mail-in-a-Box hosted on soyoustart and can't remember any problems when sending mail to big providers. I only had to check that IP is not in spam lists initially and asked to remove it from one of them.
- cat199 6y agorunning email for 15+ years here, going with ditto. many ppl get el-cheapo vps on a low-tier network, setup some new domain on a dirty IP without proper DNS records (PTR, MX, yadda), and then parrot this emails not the easiest thing, but it's not impossible either