Subj : Re: Then, once you paid
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Arelor
Date : Wed Nov 26 2025 05:38:49

  Re: Re: Then, once you paid
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mindsurfer on Mon Nov 24 2025 08:01 am

 >  I'm thinking of hosting my own mail again, but outbound SMTP is a pain
 >  these days.

This is something people keeps saying. My experience is that as long as you are not sending automated emails, your user count is low, and your IP belongs to a reputable ISP assignation, you are unlikely to face serious issues.

But yeah, you need to do a lot of domain management bullshit and get your DMARC/DKIM/SPF right, or a lot of providers won't take email from you. This kind of sucks because, on paper, those things are only helpful for multi-node SMTP systems (ie. if you set xxxx@yourdomain.com messages from more than une server) but lots of providers have insisted in it becoming an industry standard, and now you have to set those up even if you have a misserable single user server under your bed. I definitively count it as not a roadblock, but I count it as yet another reason to set Google's offices on fire.


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