chappie7

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   by chappie7 2mo ago

   Seems to have been some auto-moderation mistake. I emailed hn@ycombinator.com (from my self-hosted mail server) and they restored my comments.
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   by chappie7 2mo ago

   You’d be surprised how many corporations send their own emails directly or use one of the smaller providers. I’ve checked the headers, and the majority of my utility bills, purchase receipts, itineraries, medical emails, and so on don’t go
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   by chappie7 2mo ago

   To be clear, you’re talking about an outgoing mail server. An incoming mail server is pretty trivial to self-host and provides most of the benefits of self-hosting mail. The distinction is often lost in these discussions, which scares o
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   by chappie7 2mo ago

   Using a cloud provider with your own domain means going through a lot of the “hard” parts, yes (setting DNS records for DMARC/DKIM/SPF/MX mostly). But self hosting does provide benefits on top of that. Hosting your own MX (th
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   by chappie7 2mo ago

   A lot of the people who complain that their emails were treated as spam when they tried self-hosting leave out that they were really sending unsolicited commercial mail. For personal email, self-hosting is much more manageable. Typically
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   by chappie7 2mo ago

   Have fun waiting. My domain registration doesn’t expire for ten years, and every year I top up the registration to ten years again.