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palata04/02/20251 replyview on HN

I said "own your domain", not "self-host your email server".


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kube-system04/03/2025

"own your domain" is technobabble to 99.999+% of email users. Most people understand emails addresses are <something> "@gmail.com" or "@yahoo.com" or "@<somebigcompany>.com". They don't understand the parts of an email address, nor how or why they are constructed that way.

I have been using a personal domain for my email address for decades and when I have to give it out verbally to someone, it is about a 50% chance that the conversation is:

"My email is <name@myname.tld>"

"uuhhh... at gmail.com?"

"No it's just <@myname.tld>"

"Yeah, but is it gmail or yahoo?"

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