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by Imustaskforhelp 498 days ago
Agreed , I don't know two things about mail (use proton mail) , but I don't own any servers .

But I still self host stuff using docker (shiori etc.)

I mean , see there is a difference in complexity.

Like if you want to self host supabase , its complex , but its still automatable by a docker compose.

About Mails?? I am just not sure! , Maybe I shouldn't have expressed this opinion on the internet. I was just regurtitating what I heard from r/selfhosted feeds about email where they constantly said this. They even provided some explaination (see the message to which I said "this!!" , because that's what I meant.

Maybe even what you said about microsoft. But still , I really really don't want to take any risks with the mail , like what if a critical message of email doesn't come? I don't even want to know!!

I personally just believe that due to these reasons , that mail is just an old wagon which is riding into the future. I personally would prefer mail alternatives like xmpp / (preferably matrix!!)

I know matrix self hosting can take quite some resources but I do believe that the protocol in my honest opinion could be much more better for self hosting.

Just my two cents.