“self-hosting email is hard” no it isn’t and you should do it
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@mia my infra goes down too often, and it's nice to not have to do everything yourself. I get hosting included with my internet provider, so it's ok
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@aetios the nice thing about email is that your stuff can go down for weeks and other servers will keep trying to deliver mail. you still receive stuff oncet it’s back up
@mia I did not actually know this. I thought things would bounce once and then never try again.
Annoying though when the big senders re-send from different addresses.
10.0.0.1: Hi, I've got some mail for you
My gray-trapping server: um, try again in a few minutes (notes 10.0.0.1 as the sender)
10.0.0.2: Hey, here's that message I tried to deliver to you earlier
MGTS: Um, I have no record of you trying to send so try again in a few minutes (notes 10.0.0.2 as the sender)
10.0.0.3: Hey, here's that message I've tried twice to deliver to you
MGTS: Um, I have no record of you trying to send so try again in a few minutes (notes 10.0.0.3 as the sender)
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[sigh, glaring particularly at Outlook.com, I recall @pitrh blogged about this annoyance a while back but I can't disinter his post to link to]
