Writing about Mail
Everything from the journal that came out of mail work — what broke, what we found, and what actually fixed it.
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- 30 Aug 2026 Email bounce back: read the code, then fix the cause An email bounce back reads like a mystery and works like a diagnosis. The cause is written into it, in a format nobody ever teaches you…
- 13 Jul 2026 Postfix vs Exim vs Sendmail — choosing an SMTP in 2026 Every Linux mail server runs a Mail Transfer Agent — the process that accepts a message over SMTP, queues it, and hands it to the next…
- 30 Jun 2026 Hosted email vs self-hosted in 2026 “Should we run our own email server or just pay for it?” We get asked this every few months, usually by a technical founder who has…
- 27 Jun 2026 SPF, DKIM, and DMARC without the jargon Three DNS records decide whether your email lands in the inbox or the spam folder, and most explanations of them read like an RFC. Here is…
- 29 May 2026 Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365: which to pick in 2026 We've moved clients both directions in 2026. The honest decision tree, real pricing ($14 vs $22 per seat), migration friction, and three concrete picks by company…