Avoid The Hack!May 2, 2023

Is #Gmail killing independent email?

"Is it okay that Gmail has the power to decide whether a business is sending spam or not?"

Gmail has rigged the email game imo. It makes running a self-hosted email server hard, even after properly configuring DKIM, DMARC, and SPF.

#cybersecurity #privacy #technology

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/gmail-independent-email

Is Gmail killing independent email?

People report that self-hosted emails always end up in Gmail spam. Is there anything Google can do about it?

Tutanota
Show threadVivia 🦆🍵May 2, 2023
@avoidthehack Microsoft is worse in that regard, in my experience. It keeps rejecting the emails coming from our server and kept doing so after we changed its IP a few years later, and it's doing so based on some obscure and non-explained block list, despite us having configured everything correctly. cc @slomo
Show threadMarc  ❄️🦀May 3, 2023
@vivia have you also checked the results of tools like mail-tester.com or DMARC/DKIM/SPF checker? Probably your mails shouldn’t be rated as spam, but maybe you can get a hint.
Show threadVivia 🦆🍵May 3, 2023
@marc Thanks for the suggestion! Yes, I've used a few of those and all come back clean.
Show threadMarc  ❄️🦀
@vivia sorry I couldn’t help. That’s really annoying, if one of the big player put’s you on the naughty list.
May 3, 2023 at 11:39amWeb
Show threadVivia 🦆🍵May 3, 2023
@marc Thanks a lot for your help nonetheless, it's highly appreciated. It's just annoying that my whole hosting provider is blocked for some reason, but since I'm happy with them, I'd rather keep the big player outside and give my money to the service I'm actually satisfied with.