[dugite-code]

I've selfhosted my own email for almost a decade now. I was spending about 5 min a month on it until my ip block rep died one day for little decernable reason. Then I wasted many hours on it so I switched to sending through amazon ses and I'm back to my 5 min a month (updating packages/checking logs).

It has a few advantages because I can run a bunch of automations and filters. Honestly I get less spam than in my gmail inbox, so I harvest spam from gmail to train my filters now. It's insane to me how much providers charge for an inbox and the tiny sizes many still offer

[sirnoggin]

If it was your IP block rep, then it could have been anyone else on your block who tanked everyone else on the blocks reputation. A few bad apples on a block /24 can tank the lot.

[emptysongglass]

I also use SES for outbound. Haven't even thought of my selfhosted setup (run through Synology's MailPlus) since I first turned it on more than two years ago.