On 2026-09-29 17:10, ndrs via mailop wrote:
All sounds nice -- for a personal mail server.
behind every valuable mailbox is a person, so it is personal. If a sender wastes my employees time, it is on my dime. Applies to my law office self-hosted mail server as much as to a university campus and even to an hyperscaler. When the conference I must attend (continued education credits required to maintain lawyer's license) spams me with reminders and surveys, I am happy to block those too. Same for the airlines and hotels whose services I must use when I travel, whose emails after the single ticket/reservation/invoice are mostly negative value.
but people want some of that stuff.
some do indeed. happy for them to use their yahotle "free" mailboxes in their free time on their dime.
I have semi-seriously considered an new 4xx code with a Stripe link. Pay $10 for a code that will let your re-sent message through. At that price, I am happy to scan the subject line and hit delete. Anything below that is a waste of my time. I would let people on such system set their own price. Some people have time to waste. Others don't.
The main reason to host my MX server is inbox control. and not only pest control. I can't control what my clients are sending. By controlling my domain's MX, I reduce opportunities for interception. On the way out, we control what we are sending. Using an SMTP provider solves the deliverability headache when email is required.
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