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title: "It really sucks to have a properly configured email server, running on your own…"
date: 2026-08-15T09:44:36.677Z
author: Ricardo Mendes
url: https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/08/15/1cbda/
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  - "Email"
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# It really sucks to have a properly configured email server, running on your own…

It really sucks to have a properly configured email server, running on your own domain — thanks, Cloudron — only to have Google, Microsoft, and the other giants systematically dump your messages into spam anyway.

![](https://rmendes.net/media/photos/2026/08/15/email-checks.png)

And yet I now find myself **sending important emails twice**, or using another provider, just to make sure they actually reach the person on the other side.

Email was supposed to be an open, decentralized protocol. Instead, a handful of monopolies have effectively **privatized deliverability**: they decide whose mail is trustworthy, whose isn't, and independent servers are guilty until proven innocent.

#Enshittification at scale: privatize the commons, segment it, then slowly make the open alternative unusable for everyone else.