David GerardAug 1, 2023

== HOW TO SET UP ON THE DECENTRALISED FEDERATED SERVICE "E-MAIL" IN 2023 ==

1. your problem is Google, MS and Yahoo.
2. SMTP over SSL *only*.
3. SPF, DMARC, DKIM
4. they don't like your IP or your face or can't be bothered or something and you have weeks of supplication hoping there's a human there
5. give up and outsource it

as a sysadmin, I always advise going straight to step 5

anyone using "e-mail" as an example of a successfully decentralised federated service in 2023 does not know what they're talking about and should be ignored

stop doing this

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EDIT: if you're a fatuous dipshit, read the replies before you answer. or better, don't.

Show threadAngus McIntyre

@davidgerard This is profoundly depressing, because it's a reminder that no matter how open a standard might be, if enough large interests collude, they can close it off by simply refusing to talk to anyone else.

It’s a model for the way Threads and friends can try to co-opt the Fediverse.

It's also reminiscent of Google's “Web Integrity API” initiative, which will close off parts of the web to any but 'approved' (i.e. surveillable) user agents.

Call it enclosing the digital commons …

Aug 1, 2023 at 12:41pmIvory for Mac