[spronkey]

Let's not forget that Google's spam filtering racket has made it next to impossible to host your own email in any kind of practical manner, or even use many hosted email services effectively over the years.

[alfiedotwtf]

This. I hosted my own email for over 15 years, and last year was the year I gave up. There was nothing wrong with my machine's IP, I was doing the right thing email server wise, but Gmail still didn't let me deliver. A racket is a good way of describing it.

[Hard_Space]

Absolutely. I set up my own domain last year, hoping to run a mailserver directly off it. The whole thing was perfectly configured, but the 'some dude' IP address made it unusable. Eventually I moved the domain's hosting to Fastmail, and now the mail actually arrives.

[8organicbits]

We've got to flip the narrative on this. Google deliverability is poor, users should switch providers if they'd like to get their messages.

[throwaway2048]

users are never going to switch because by-definition-minor-mailers cant reach them