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> They use their mysterious opaque algo to determine that your e-mail is spam and you have no idea what you could do to not get in peoples junk boxes. And that
by sshine 1mo ago
> They use their mysterious opaque algo to determine that your e-mail is spam and you have no idea what you could do to not get in peoples junk boxes.
And that’s not hard?
Running a modern mail server, a spam filter, a self-hosted webmail, and learning just enough about DNS and networking to get mail through: this is what’s not that hard.
Figuring out how to stay whitelisted, or accept ending up in people’s filters, asking them to whitelist you while your public IP gradually gains trust, is a job.
- FriedrichN 1mo agoThat's pretty much what I mean. Implementing the authenticity measures is very easy, making sure the e-mails get delivered to peoples inboxes without getting marked as spam is hard. I just wish these big parties would give you a more formal way to make clear you're not a spammer.
- sshine 1mo agoI have somehow accepted that it's impossible to distinguish a spammer and an earnest newcomer. There is only one metric of an honest mailserver and that is time spent not blacklisted. This is true "proof of work" on behalf of the mail server admin. Running a mailserver on an IP range easily accessible to spammers (e.g. a cloud provider) gives you a negative start. You need to invest in "good IP addresses". I will gladly pay money to anyone who wants to do this. There are medium-sized players who deliver affordable, top-notch service. Turns out $5/mo. is enough for human service, because something that just works doesn't need a lot of it.