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Re:Break free from traditional email - Host your own server by gamache on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:36AM (#15526287)
It's nice that you think all this stuff. The reality is that the technical side of SMTP service is the easy part (hasn't changed a hell of a lot in the last 20 years, anyhow) and the political side is a real burden (and it shifts with the wind).

You're not just setting up mail, you're dealing with an email cartel that does not have any desire for small players to exist. Note that I said "small players", not "spammers". Enough spam makes it to its destination that there are certainly palms being greased.

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Re:Break free from traditional email - Host your own server by lucb1e on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:19AM (#15526483)
> It's nice that you think all this stuff. The reality is

No need to get snarky. I do run a personal mail server myself so I'm reasonably sure I know what reality is like.

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Re:Break free from traditional email - Host your own server by mbrock on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:39AM (#15526541)
Well, you might be in a bubble of luck so far.

I also have a personal mail server that works fine, but I wouldn't recommend most people to do it, because getting spamholed is quite a serious liability.

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