Post #1128515

2026-04-12 23:32 UTC

@Paul_Taylor@mathstodon.xyz A big part of the answer is teaching more folks to run their own email systems. There's a shameful tendency for tech people who should know better to warn people off running their own email servers, which makes it worse. I teach people to run their own email, and people generally love the freedom it gives them.

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@eudoxos@witter.cz 2026-04-13 06:25

@mason@partychickens.net @Paul_Taylor@mathstodon.xyz I have been self-hosting e-mail for myself and a few small non-profits, and the amount of expertise to do that (for like ~10 mailboxes at 5 domains) is just frustratingly high. I have to administer Postfix, Dovecot, LDAP, DNS on a VPS; implement DMARC, DKIM, SPF etc. Nothing I can't do, but it adds up, and I'm never sure if I got i right.

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@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-04-13 04:21

@mason @Paul_Taylor MS and Google say they filter spam by ”artificial intelligence”, but they don’t. They just block everyone who doesn’t play by their rules.

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@sun@shitposter.world 2026-04-15 08:54

@mason @Paul_Taylor you shouldn't run your email server unless you want to spend all your time dealing with problems instead of doing work or enjoying life

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