Normal people definitely don't want to manage a mail server though. Life is too short to waste figuring out why you're banned on Spamhaus for the 93th time.
GMail sucks, but a home-made contraption is not the alternative.
GMail sucks, but a home-made contraption is not the alternative.
I know how to configure mail servers just fine, but I still wouldn't do it for myself. That's what I mean by "normal".
Ugh!
All you are saying is that if you aren't looking for a home made contraption, then a home made contraption isn't what you are looking for.