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Gmail alternative: good idea to use personal domain+hosting? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I know there are alternatives like proton mail, tutamail, mailbox.org, etc... But what would be the issue if I create an email using my personal domain, stored in my hosting.. maybe encryption? It seems that no-one even consider this option, but I am not sure why...

What would you suggest?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I hosted my own for a while. We could never send to gmail though and they are saddly too important.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've read this with concerning frequency, was SPF/DMARC/DKIM all in order? I also have to question if it was a matter of IP reputation, since shared hosting IP ranges are usually pretty thrashed.

I rent mailbox services (for a custom domain) from a local ISP and don't have problems with deliverability as such.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those were in order (it was 15 years ago so i don't recall if all existed but at least some did). Probably ip range but who knows

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, did the whole dance too, and tried multiple providers, but no dice. Some got through to others and some to others, but none was even good enough getting through to most.

This was just a few years ago.

I don’t think these safety/security signatures or protocols or whatever, work, as they are supposed to. If the IP space you get has bad reputation, nothing matters, you’re sol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

That worked like a charm for me, but some strange German mall hoster demanded the blood of an unborn unicorn or something like that for it to work.