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  • RogueJello@lemmy.worldtoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•tech never works for long
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    9 days ago

    Literally the worst that can happen to me if I’m really really unlucky is end up tied down to a single provider, same as you.

    No, there are a lot more risks you’re running that I am not. Since you control your infrastructure, you’re also responsible for it. Current penalty under CAN-SPAM act is up to $53,088 per email. So, no the worst thing that can happen to you if you’re really unlucky is to die penniless after being sued into oblivious for operating a spam operation.

    Before the worst happens, it’s getting increasingly more likely that your domain will end up in a blacklist at Gmail, Yahoo, or Outlook, for which there is no formal appeal process. All that would require would somebody hacking your domain, and sending spam, or just sharing an ip address with a spammer.

    That’s before we get into the things that you’re already lost: time and effort maintaining the system, which I have not.

    Anyway, I was just being polite, but since you’re incapable of doing so, and need to resort to ad homenium attacks, I think we’re done here.

  • RogueJello@lemmy.worldtoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•tech never works for long
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    9 days ago

    Another perspective. You got lucky that the dependencies you’re working with haven’t gotten as bad as the ones for Gmail and the like. Sure you’ve got a domain, but you’ve also got a domain registrar you’re dependent on. Yeah, you’ve got your own email server, but it’s dependent on open source software, and the monopolists allowing it to still connection, though that’s getting iffy. You’re also dependent on the kindness of a number of people continuing to contribute to Linux, and it not being compromised in some way.

    I made a different choice 25 years ago, and went with Gmail, but the idea that you’re smarter because your dependencies didn’t turn to sh*t is as much luck as skill. 25 years is several eternities in tech, and there are no guaranteed outcomes.