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[semanticist]

My mail server routes via Amazon's SES, which provides an SMTP smarthost my instance of postfix can relay mail to. You authenticate each sending domain using DNS, and it even supports DKIM signing.

Until I did this, my deliverability, especially to GMail, was awful.

[Tharkun → semanticist]

Assuming you're running your own mailserver because you like the idea of a decentralized web; isn't it kind of odd to then rely on Amazon?

[semanticist → Tharkun]

Maybe, but in my case it would not be a valid assumption.

[amdavidson → semanticist]

Have you seen any issues with the envelope from not matching the the email address?

ezmlm, for example, will not let you subscribe/unsubscribe

[semanticist → amdavidson]

I've not run into any problems myself - even if I did, I think I'd rather be able to reliably email people with GMail accounts!

[_eht → semanticist]

That's a smart way to work around a frustrating problem. It's a bummer there are so many loopholes to jump through.