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> Collective (learned) helplessness here is really going to fuck us over, we already forgot how to run servers it seems, now we're not even able to host service
by almog 4y ago
> Collective (learned) helplessness here is really going to fuck us over, we already forgot how to run servers it seems, now we're not even able to host services.. soon we won't know how to write code, I'm sure.
I agree with this 100%. It's bad and I think partially because at least as far as I know, there is no standard definition of how you'd need to setup your email server to guarantee some arbitrary email delivery success rate.
And so it ends up being a combination of arcane knowledge together with slow feedback loop for debugging.
btw, if you have any good resources recommendations for successful configuration, I'd love to take a look at that.
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoThe basic checklist can be found here: https://www.mailop.org/best-practices/ https://www.mailop.org/best-practices/ The real fun starts after things are set up, as you start wrestling with deliverability issues, trying to get recipients to mark your mails as not spam, trying to avoid recipients to mark properly delivered mails as spam, while simultaneously making sure you prevent your systems from sending spam through hijacked accounts and loopholes. But giving up? No, definitely not. It's quite doable, but not as straightforward as it ought to be.