This kind of policy is not about influencing people who are already addicted, it is about trying to prevent anyone new from getting addicted and eventually putting the entire thing in the rear view.

Which is what makes the next people feel like they have to pile in to the box or they’ll never get anywhere.

It’s the same where rights are allowed on reds. If you don’t pile into the box and there is a line of cars waiting to make a right, someone WILL steal that spot when it opens up just past the box, because people are selfish assholes, full stop.

Well, the address is over 20 years old… it’s on many, MANY lists, lol.

Well, the address is over 20 years old… it’s on many, MANY lists, lol.

I actually had it running that way for a while but a couple/few/don’t remember years ago Google started rejecting all the mail :-(

Is the prevailing advice still not to bother with self-hosting email?

From someone who never stopped: YES.

99.95% spam, and no amount of filters and training can do as good a job as Gmail (as much as I hate and would like to get away from Gmail)

I want to turn it off so bad, but fomo, that one email from that one person I knew 25 years ago who only has that email address … fml.

and our tax dollars help them do this.

I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.

Yes, yes, yes, yes. For the tiny amount of overhead, even the remote console is worth it. Especially when you get into crazy “omg I have so much hardware” homelab territory and have stuff strewn over half your home. Being able to rely on Proxmox being pretty rock solid (if you’re careful and smart about your upgrades and not constantly insisting on running bleeding edge), and being able to access the consoles and ‘reset buttons’ of all your VMs from a single computer is AMAZING.

I have both of those spywares installed!!