Re:The “mail is hard” myth
by dpifke on Sunday September 01, 2019 @03:46PM
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New domains and new IPs are penalized heavily by most services' spam filters.
My guess is that a lot of people try it, have poor delivery rates, and abandon the effort before they have enough time to develop decent domain & IP reputations.
I've been running my own personal mail servers since 1995, on my current IP addresses since ~2016. If I add a new domain to my configuration, it takes 1-2 weeks before Gmail will reliably accept mail from it. Once I wait that out, delivery is mostly flawless.
My guess is that a lot of people try it, have poor delivery rates, and abandon the effort before they have enough time to develop decent domain & IP reputations.
I've been running my own personal mail servers since 1995, on my current IP addresses since ~2016. If I add a new domain to my configuration, it takes 1-2 weeks before Gmail will reliably accept mail from it. Once I wait that out, delivery is mostly flawless.