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Re:Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and se... by adrian_b on Monday May 11, 2026 @10:54AM (#48095815)
I believe that these spammers now concentrate their efforts towards e-mail addresses hosted by major providers, like Gmail.

The reason is that I have an opposite experience, during the last couple of years I have received much less spam messages than before.

I have hosted my own e-mail server for more than 2 decades. Previously, I had to filter large quantities of spam messages, but lately the number of spam messages is much less than 10% of the total number of received messages.

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Re:Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and se... by bix6 on Monday May 11, 2026 @11:52AM (#48096656)
I’m considering self hosted. I’m so tired of the major providers not even trying. And I have no serious control over blocklists.
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Re:Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and se... by dotancohen on Monday May 11, 2026 @01:11PM (#48097715)
My personal domain has the MX records pointing at Gmail. It gets far less spam than my Gmail address does.
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Re:Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and se... by throwaway2037 on Monday May 11, 2026 @02:13PM (#48098552)
What about fastmail.com or hey.com or proton.me? I have heard good things about all of them.
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Re:Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and se... by frizlab on Monday May 11, 2026 @04:08PM (#48099998)
I use fastmail, I love it. I have a catchall and thus can use a different address per service. Leads to sometimes awkward conversations as to why the email address contains the company name in it, but can also be a life saver. For instance, free recently got hacked and all their email db was online. I can just block this email address and not receive the spam. Fastmail itself is reliable and fast on the web, but I only use it through IMAP anyways. It works perfectly.
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