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Email ownership, I give up. (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago by altphoto@lemmy.today to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I give up.

I tried left and right to try to install an email server so I could degoogle my life.

But therechnical barrier is thick and Google keeps adding more to it. Forget it. I can't even get thru the installation process much less trying to get my shit off Google.

I figure, I don't actually have any need for my email addresses. Just like my phone number. I never call anyone. I'm going to discourage my kids from using email at all. I'll remind everyone I know that I don't use email at every opportunity I get just like I remind people to not call me and that my phone number is not available.

Between spammers and Google, I just don't need this headache in my life. My mom is much less technically savvy than the average pet. So Google will just siphon her data and when the megabits are full then you just delete the old stuff.

You don't need it. No one will spend their life reading your emails when you're gone or watching your videos or listening to your recordings or viewing your photos. There's no need to worry about just deleting the pile of shit you've accumulated. I'm this done.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

i get it. i ran my own server for 15 years... and i stopped ~ 8 years ago. it was just too annoying between the spam filtering and -todays-new-security-enhancement-

email is the one service im happy to pay someone to do.. from a bunker in switzerland. google not required.

...but you cant not use email and function in the technological world of today. email isnt about communication any longer. its about security and authentication.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I'm going to keep using it for that. Just not any personal communication. It's just bullshit in, and bullshit out. Ran out of space? Just delete bullshit. School needs an email? Okay here's another junk email send your bullshit into it, I don't care. Like that. There is nothing in the storage that I need if I don't put anything into it.

[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 0 points 1 month ago

That is plain not true....

I run my email server since decades and the only upgrade I had to to over time was adding dkim dmarc and proper DNS records. Took a few hours of studying, but perfectly doable

Granted, running docker containers is much easier than setting up a proper email setup. But be this is because with the latter you must understand what you are doing....