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Re:Platforms want to be utilities, self-govern like empires by lvncelot on Monday August 23, 2021 @09:17AM (#28275222)
>Well, good luck getting your email deliverable if you're a Joe Schmoe

I would go further and say good luck self-hosting your email at all if you're a Joe Schmoe.

Being able to do that can't be expected of everyone, so for the individual (especially the individual reading hackernews) it might be a way around the problem - but it's not a solution.

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Re:Platforms want to be utilities, self-govern like empires by WesolyKubeczek on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:33AM (#28276367)
Well, good luck setting up even a Joe Schmoe Email Services Company whose email is deliverable.

In the other HN thread about self-hosted email I've heard it essentially amounts to paying for racket protection so the big players don't "oops we accidentally blacklisted you, good luck trying to rectify that" you.

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Re:Platforms want to be utilities, self-govern like empires by iammisc on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:38AM (#28276432)
Self-hosting e-mail is exceptionally easy. I've been doing it for almost a year now without problems. In fact, it's easier than a service. I use https://nixos-mailserver.readthedocs.io/_/downloads/en/lates... and rent space in a data center, so to cloud IP space.

But expecting non-technical people to do it would be a nightmare, that I agree with.

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