It is very concerning that self-hosting one’s email is becoming unviable in early 2020s. Will email just die or will it be a centralized hellhole? A legacy system only used by businesses?

After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel. The oligopoly has won.

Many companies have been trying to disrupt email by making it proprietary. So far, they have failed. Email keeps being an open protocol. Hurray? N...