> That all said, I strongly encourage everyone who can to run their own email. Interoperability can only be saved by exercising it as much as possible.
While I have no doubt that doing this is a lot easier and more hands-off than the last time I did this (for a few years during the mid '00s), I just don't have the time or energy for it. Also, email is a critical service, something where I don't want to have to deal with downtime, especially if I'm away traveling or something like that.
I think as a decent alternative for people like myself, it's at least helpful to use an alternative hosted email provider (other than GMail or Microsoft) to help keep the ecosystem open.
> Also, email is a critical service, something where I don't want to have to deal with downtime, especially if I'm away traveling or something like that.
I have to say that as the most critical service of all, that's one of the reasons I do host email myself!
I can't and won't take the risk of being locked out by the whims of some third party misconfiguration (we've all surely seen the endless stream of misfortunes by those getting locked out of gmail/etc).
While I have no doubt that doing this is a lot easier and more hands-off than the last time I did this (for a few years during the mid '00s), I just don't have the time or energy for it. Also, email is a critical service, something where I don't want to have to deal with downtime, especially if I'm away traveling or something like that.
I think as a decent alternative for people like myself, it's at least helpful to use an alternative hosted email provider (other than GMail or Microsoft) to help keep the ecosystem open.