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by close04 7 days ago
Running your own email infra is not at the same level as the usual “self hosting”. Not to mention that email can be critical and missing an important email can burn a lot. Why put in that much effort on your free time, and take the risk?

You don’t build your own fridge. If it’s important and not your strong suit, pay someone to do it for you.

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Have you actually measured delivery rate of some service vs. doing it yourself?
You’re missing the point because you’re thinking like a techie and not like a regular user. But to answer your question, 100% with 0 effort and also 0 direct cost.

In my professional life I managed email infrastructures since 20 years ago. It only got harder.

Oh im sorry i had no idea to talk to other hackers i have to go to usernews.com obv. when this is the wrong place to think like a techie.

If you achieve 100% delivery rate you will surely share the results, right? No? Oh i guess all those services simply tell you they make it easier for you while not actually achieving that - but why check?