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Now, I use a Docker container to backup and version my Gmail. My assumption these days is that at some point, it'll either go bust, be deprecated (ala Reader et
by hammyhavoc 3y ago
Now, I use a Docker container to backup and version my Gmail. My assumption these days is that at some point, it'll either go bust, be deprecated (ala Reader et al), get hacked, they'll have irrecoverable data loss, or my email client will get a bad update.
I'd host my own mail server, but the deliverability is generally a nightmare, and completely sporadic. Feel like a lot of our digital life is hostage to major corps.
Open standards, interoperability et al should be mandatory for major public services.
- 6ak74rfy 3y agoThere are various options between big-corp-controlled-emails and self-hosting-your-own-server. An example is Migadu.
- hammyhavoc 3y agoMigadu certainly sounds good, but even their biggest plan seems a little on the smaller side. We are big fans of actionable email notifications that can be responded to, e.g., GitHub, Gitea, Active Collab. A response via email gets put into the respective platform/server, so we would very quickly chew through the in/out, and we get a huge amount of spam, and customer support emails.