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The Death of Decentralized Email (blog.lopp.net)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Interesting history and analysis of SMTP's history. How can we prevent fedi and other open protocols from suffering the same fates?

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am running my own mailsever for over 10 years without any blacklisting problems...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Right, but try doing that with a 10 day old server created in 2024. That's the hurdle people are referring to.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

This works, too. It's actually common that your dmarc-entry needs some time to be accepted everywhere. Wait a few days more and your mails don't hit the spam folder on google and outlook.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Just did that a few months ago. No issues yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I've run into one issue in my time on a weird self hosted platform. The DMV said "oh. Let me call IT and get that unblocked" and then they did and it was done. All other times have been fine