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You are clear example of this: https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/leave_my_br...

Well this happens if you rely only on 3rd party providers. My email server is still running without any issues and without any indecent for last 3 years (system reinstall).

Surely no one can send me emails now that gmail is down as most of world is relying on single point of failure, but this is another story.

Moral of this story is - always own your mission critical infrastructure.