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I doggedly still run my 20+ year email platform for self-use. I ran into the same problems with Google/Gmail. I am ashamed to say that the solution I settled on

I doggedly still run my 20+ year email platform for self-use. I ran into the same problems with Google/Gmail. I am ashamed to say that the solution I settled on was to just give up and pay them for smarthosting. I still host my own servers, but my exit pipe is through gmail. My life got easier. The rule is pretty much every interaction you have in the Googleverse is easier if you just pay them something. It's pay to play internet, and yeah, it's a problem.

dave_walko 3y ago
Can you explain why? I looked this up and still am clueless as to why.
jabagonuts 3y ago
First of a > It's pay to play internet, and yeah, it's a problem. 1. How much do they charge? I'm genuinely curious. I don't self host, but use a 3rd party (fastmail). I send very few emails to people I don't know, so personally, I don't run into issues with having my email sent to spam. 2. I don't think paying in itself is the real problem. I think it's more a matter of who you pay and why you pay. - You have to pay to register a domain name. - You have to pay to host your own server (whether your using a hosting service or hosting from your basement) - You have to pay to have gmail not mark your email as spam - ok, I'll admit, this is a little silly, but you also have to pay (via a stamp) to have USPS send letters to their recipient 3. Perhaps because so many people use and trust (whether they should or not is another question) gmail, it makes sense to pay in some scenarios? But obviously, for personal mail servers, I agree, asking to pay to play is a bit of a stretch.