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No pb, gogol blocked my software (aka noscript/basic (x)html web browsers) a few years ago (for authentication, account creation, etc), then I now have my own s
by sylware 5y ago
No pb, gogol blocked my software (aka noscript/basic (x)html web browsers) a few years ago (for authentication, account creation, etc), then I now have my own smtp server (a raspberry pi with a 32GB usb key sitting next to my IAP modem, and hopefully, soon a RISC-V mini-computer, to help free the world from ARM toxic PI). I did even write the smtp software myself in lean C89 with benign bits of c99/c11.
Now, they put in the "spam" folder all the emails I send to ppl using their servers... even though many of those ppl removed my emails from the "spam" folder.
- urbandw311er 5y agoActually this kind of thing, whether intentional or not on Google’s part, does grate on me a little. Assuming you’ve correctly configured your domain’s SPF, DKIM, etc, then failing to deliver your emails properly could potentially be viewed as an abuse of a monopoly. In other words, their actions unfairly punish independent self-hosted SMTP users and thus make it more likely that the market will favour a larger provider, including of course… Gmail.
- sylware 5y agoIndeed I do pay a DNS tax, and I did setup a proper SPF record (not DKIM since it is overkill/unreasonable: if your smtp server is pown, DKIM does not bring anything more than SPF as far as I can recall except complex kludge). That said, SMTP was designed with the possibility to avoid the DNS tax: instead of a domain use [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] for an ipv4 or [IPv6:...] for an ipv6. Where something seems really wrong: ppl removing my emails from their spam folder does not seem to have any impact.