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Comment by michaelbuckbee | Hacker News Reader

The reputation scoring has arisen by necessity (not drowning in spam), but it does feel like a much less open internet when anybody can't setup their own (truly functional) email server.

I wonder what solution would be better.

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Anyone asserting that mailchimp is not 'spam' is lying through their teeth..

Not 100% of it. Email is a public utility and people use it in different ways.

Mailchimp is also mandrillapp. I use that and I do not spam.

I resemble that remark...

I use MailChimp to keep in touch with customers. They love it.

s/resemble/resent

I think I used it correctly. I assert that MailChimp is not spam :D

I ignored the rest of it.

Resemble: have qualities or features, especially those of appearance, in common with (someone or something); look or seem like: some people resemble their dogs | they seemed to resemble each other closely.

Resent: feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person): she resented the fact that I had children.

I think the second one fits better, you resent that the parent poster called MailChimp "spam"

"I resemble that remark" is a common English language expression used humorously as a play on the sound similarity of "resent" and "resemble."

What the other guy said.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IResembleThatRema...

I occasionally receive spam via MC, which I then forward to MC's abuse desk along with a polite note. Every time they have responded quickly and effectively. (Don't forget to tell them that their efforts are appreciated - they do a hard job, and they like attaboys.)

It's why I don't blacklist MC; in my experience they are trustworthy, and bulk mail does have limited, legitimate use.

But you can setup your own mail server. Why are you suggesting otherwise?

The article covers the fact that while you can in a literal sense setup your own mail server, the mechanisms used internet wide to curb spam (the reputation systems) will penalize you for doing so as compared to using an ESP like Mailchimp.

I read the article. It depends on your use case but you most certainly can successfully run your own small mail server with your own domain. I've done it for many years without issue.

It's the other side of the same 'openness' coin. You can chose to set up your own mail server. You can chose not to deliver email from other mail servers if you want.

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