[johnklos]

> Good luck trying to get your email deliverd to t-online or something.

People who say it cannot (or should not) be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

The dismissiveness is likely why you are downvoted, I'm guessing. The suggestion that because it's hard for you and therefore you're surprised others are doing it isn't a good look.

Self hosting email isn't that hard, and there are many solutions for all sorts of self hosting issues. That's a topic for another discussion, though.

[Beijinger]

"Self hosting email isn't that hard". Self hosting is super easy. Getting your emails delivered is hard. And I am not even talking SPAM folder here (see t-online example).

Smart comment from reddit:

"The problem with selfhosting email, unlike selfhosting services like Jellyfin or Nextcloud, is that you rely on other people's servers to play ball with you, but they often don't. Or they play for a while and then suddenly decide not to without telling you. It's unpredictable and we selfhosters don't have enough control over that."

This describes it pretty well.