leftout on Nostr: Thank you for that link. Interesting article. I’m actually quite familiar with all ...

Thank you for that link. Interesting article. I’m actually quite familiar with all of those issues, but haven’t found them to be as painted. That is a theoretical possibility rather than common or inevitable.

I will say that it can be a bit of work to stay compliant with modern protocols if you’re managing several mail servers. But I think the author is being a little disingenuous. I don’t believe he’s never had spam run through his stuff. A block doesn’t only come from email. A hacked website or other compromised/misbehaving services from a IP can impact in the same way. Yeah, keep your tools clean. He also gloss over some stuff that makes me think he was late implementing some practices. I think he isn’t as pure as he states.

Also, some of what he said doesn’t apply to the big players. It’s more likely another privately hosted email service, like a small business with an understaffed IT department. They are the idiots who permanently block large ranges of IPs. Fast and easy. Not smart. This is a small problem, not a big one.

I do agree, email servers aren’t for the lax. But if you want independence, this is the way.