After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel • Hacker News Board

Re: After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel

#741

Post by GoblinSlayer » Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 7:42 AM UTC

zimpenfish wrote: post #735

GoblinSlayer wrote: post #733

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As I understand, spam filters like postscreen are designed as reverse proxies or relay servers. IIRC spamgourmet supports your scenario.

> IIRC spamgourmet supports your scenario. Not really - that's a limited use alias. Doesn't really work for when you want to keep getting email from places. Also if I'm reading that correctly, spammers can just send mail to .20. @spamgourmet.com and you can't protect against those 20 spams.

They can, but reportedly they don't, see FAQ. Also unlimited emails and locked senders are described in FAQ.

Re: After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel

#742

Post by carrotcarrot » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 7:31 PM UTC

intc wrote: post #466

We still are fighting the oligopoly with our vaulted c1.fi email service. Please feel free to check us at https://c1.fi/v/hn20220905/?lang=en . Here's EU's JRC-MECSA report on our service: https://mecsa.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en/finderRequest/b5daceffc76e... . Support for client's own domain is currently under works. Our webmail supports PGP and one can use IMAPS/SMTPS or ActiveSync based native email clients too. All serv…

Love this site design. Looks so good on mobile.

Re: After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel

#743

Post by carrotcarrot » Thu, Sep 15, 2022, 7:34 PM UTC

Avamander wrote: post #275

colinsane wrote: post #230

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> like saying "You can only have hamburgers two ways, cook them yourself or McDonalds." and your comment seems to be saying it’s OK if we lose the ability to cook hamburgers at home, because there are other (more ethical) restaurants that aren’t McDonalds. am i misunderstanding?

The metaphor is kinda good. It's okay for people to refuse your home-cooked burgers because they don't trust them to be safe. There are actual small food vendors that comply with sanitation rules and you can have them provide catering services, professionally. And that is okay.

People aren't choosing. Businesses are choosing to reject them before the human ever knows it was sent.

Re: After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel

#744

Post by pseudalopex » Sun, Sep 18, 2022, 12:08 AM UTC

johnklos wrote: post #399

pseudalopex wrote: post #388

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Deliverability problems sending from VPS providers like Linode are common. The article mentioned using a VPS.

Sending via a VPS is not the same as sending through the VPS provider's email servers. Providers usually have their own outgoing SMTP servers for their clients with people who make sure that deliverability is always working, so sending through those is much more likely to work than sending directly from a VPS.

You said through a VPS. Not the VPS provider's email servers. And you suggested Linode. It looks like you can't send through their servers.