Prince Trippy writes about the death of email [0]. I don't think
it's dead, it's just been co-opted by the big tech firms or sleazy
security marketers, to the detriment of your privacy.

[0]: gopher://verisimilitudes.net/02024-05-29

I also don't see email in this "modern" form going away anytime
soon, and although I've ranted about the death of private email
servers a few times, I still soldier on with my own hosting.

What is interesting is that in the past few months, since the big
providers have mandated email deliverability standards (SPF, DKIM,
Dmarc), I've not had any email rejections from them for any emails
sent from my own little server, which does comply with these
standards for all of my sending domains. I do send a fair amount of
outbound email, as I run a forum that sends out its own email
notifications.

I'm reserving judgment, but it seems like since they all mandated
and agreed on a standard for accepting email, they now have to abide
by it. Obviously things can change, but for now this seems a net
positive for those of us who host our own email. The standards
aren't that difficult to adhere to for anyone savvy enough to host
their own email, and web tutorials abound.

That said, if you want decent and secure email, but don't want to
run your own server, posteo.de is a great and very low-cost service
that supports all the real protocols.