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by genewitch 443 days ago
what was hotmail using?

a.k.a. i think you're missing the point. It's ok. You want knowledgeable people running your key infra. Outsourcing that to a company that doesn't respect privacy seems to be shooting oneself in the foot.
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SSLy 443 days ago
>what was hotmail using?

IIRC as they've been acquihired they had their own software stack back in 90's.

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9dev 443 days ago
No, sorry, I think you're missing the point. There is one Hotmail, and a million businesses that need reliable email. I don’t want to outsource my key infra, but that’s the only viable option for most companies.

Getting email right requires lots of infra expertise, steady financial expenses, and time. Most companies just don’t have any of these available, and it makes zero economic sense as well if a product like Microsoft 365 exists.

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