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Re:Ask HN: Why can't I host my own email? by throw0101a on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @07:21PM (#31187053)
If there's a compromised machine it will be the victims paying the cost in energy bills for spammer's nefariously installed malware to send garbage.
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Re:Ask HN: Why can't I host my own email? by throw10920 on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @09:20PM (#31187799)
If there's a compromised machine, the scammer can drain the victim's bank accounts and cost them far more than an electricity bill, and/or mine cryptocurrency directly. Regardless, their spam-sending rate will still be significantly decreased.

So, this argument is completely invalid.

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Re:Ask HN: Why can't I host my own email? by throw0101a on Thursday April 28, 2022 @08:57AM (#31191885)
> If there's a compromised machine, the scammer can drain the victim's bank accounts […]

Not if the machine is a server and was gotten into via (e.g.) a bug in a web app. I don't know about you, but I don't keep my bank account information on the LAMP systems I sysadmin.

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Re:Ask HN: Why can't I host my own email? by throw10920 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @11:29AM (#31193721)
That part of the post was specifically about consumer devices.

You missed the rest:

> and/or mine cryptocurrency directly. Regardless, their spam-sending rate will still be significantly decreased

Your argument remains invalid.

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