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it's pointless to self-host mail (except for backups maybe) because 99% of your normal-life recipients are likely to be on Google and the content of your emails
by twelve40 3y ago
it's pointless to self-host mail (except for backups maybe) because 99% of your normal-life recipients are likely to be on Google and the content of your emails will be ingested by the big brother anyway.
- ryandrake 3y agoMy reason for self hosting is not to keep my data away from BigTech. That’s a fight nobody can win anymore. The reason I do it is that E-mail is often the only identity on other services I use (it’s often the only way to reset your passwords), and I feel it is too risky to be dependent on a megacorp for my identity, a megacorp who may decide out of the blue to suspend my account for no reason. I’m dependent on my VPS provider, but I have backups and can take my Debian config with me to a different one. Or bare metal if I have to. I’m dependent on my DNS registrar and haven’t figured out a good way to mitigate that risk. Besides that, that’s it.
- uselpa 3y agoI agree about identity, but this can also be accomplished by "owning" your domain and using a mail provider that allow you to use it. Even Apple does nowadays.