This is something that has been bothering me for a decade. and I know what is wrong with it. The problem is not the technology. It would be trivial to fix email

This is something that has been bothering me for a decade. and I know what is wrong with it. The problem is not the technology. It would be trivial to fix email technology. The problem is the people running email servers. They're the worst anti-social, celibate, neckbeard stereotype you can possibly imagine. and they fear change - trust me I've tried. It would be so trivial to simply remove many of the options in a modern email system (do you really need uucp at all today?) and produce an email server that could be setup by anyone. In fact, I would suggest someone begin a new protocol by building a hybrid mailserver. One that supports the ancient smtp/pop/imap stuff, and that supports a new utopia protocol. At the EHLO foo.com split off into your new utopia. The neck beards will fight you tooth and nail against that though. Simple way around that though - target the users. Good luck to anyone who tries. The challenge is not technical, it's social.