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Self-hosting email for over 20 years, I will say most of what you stated is either greatly exaggerated or grossly factually incorrect.
by wankle 4y ago
Self-hosting email for over 20 years, I will say most of what you stated is either greatly exaggerated or grossly factually incorrect.
- bobleeswagger 4y agoI'd say if enough people share this sentiment, then there are legitimate problems in self-hosting email. I don't think deliverability is a made up problem. Differing complexities can contribute to one person thinking it's easy, and another knowing it's not. Both perspectives may be entirely correct, but the devil is in the details. It seems more right to say that in general, self-hosting email is hard, rather than act like it's easy because you figured it out and everyone else running into issues is just inexperienced/dumb/not good enough. Chances are, those folks were dealing with more complexity than you have.
- wankle 4y agoIt takes some research and effort, the title of the post wasn't [do you host your own email and is it so easy a stock broker could do it].
- Someone1234 4y agoIf you've self-hosted for that long you've avoided some problems I've mentioned by having long-running IPs and high trust scores. Go launch one today and you'll see. Since other people planning on starting today don't have a time machine, my advice applies. Plus I have as much experience between commercially and personally, and that is my take. The fact you couldn't give one single example should give people pause.
- wankle 4y agoI have every confidence today, tomorrow 5 or 10 years from now I can do the same thing I've done every time I changed ISP's the past over 20 years and would have zero issues.