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Comment by jmclnx | Hacker News Reader

Good for gmail.

These days, people really should get their own domain and host there email there. If you do not know how to do this, there are plenty of cheap hosting companies you can use.

And if you want to encrypt, use gnupg or that thing Thunderbird now uses. I am a mutt user and gnupg with mutt is rather easy.

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> These days, people really should get their own domain and host there email there

It seems to be a giant pain in the ass, and might be impossible in some circumstances

https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-...

What if you want email you send to make it to the inbox of gmail, 365 users?

I suppose jeremyjh@ meant emailing someone with a Google account kind of defeats the purpose of self hosting as your message is now at Google's hands. Self hosting probably makes more sense if people you're emailing are self hosting too.

Most hosted mail services have no issues getting to mailbox. I've used Gandi, Mailbox, FastMail, and never have any mails flagged as spam.

Deliverability is only an issue when self hosting (particularly for home IPs)

I mean, at least for me it hasn't been a problem. I currently self host mail on a VPS and everything's awesome. YMMV

>never have any mails flagged as spam

You don't know this for certain, no one can unless you monitor both ends.

Then get a legit-looking domain name and hope you don't get algorithmically deranked. It's literally a gamble.

Sure, if that's your hobby. I used to do that, but there are other things you can do with our time too. So now I use ProtonMail with my own domain.

As a fellow mutt user, I only had to fiddle with the config over 10 years ago. After that, you are only reaping the benefits of your time investment.

You must use your own domain with Google Workspace, which is what the post is about.

The email allow-lists will be a problem.

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