-- Moreover, we are HAM radio operators managing a dedicated IP network. Why should we use external/commercial solutions for our internal communications ? My opinion is that, when possible, we should, use "internal" services, based on free software, and self-hosted on 44net servers.
The issue here is that if we continue to use a locally hosted solution, but route to our "normal" e-mail address we will probably find ourselves black listed, fighting spam filters and trying to manage SPF DKIM and DMARC frameworks. Any one who follows the groups.io managers lists will be aware of the many problems they face, but they have a central team that helps sort out the problems. The real issue is that many mail providers want to advertise low spam levels, but most users never as the million dollar question, "how much legitimate e-mail do you drop without it going to my spam box". As such e-mail is simply discarded the users know nothing about it. Of course we could also set up our own mail system as well that would work on the 44 net but are we really about duplicating existing infrastructure?
And if we need something more "modern", such as a instant messaging / groupware / social network, we should also look at free software. Some solutions allow the deployment of decentralized and self-hosted servers, which is a perfect solution for 44net networks. Some people are already operating Mastodon or Matrix servers on 44net. Why not adopting a common scheme, deploying and inter-connecting servers in several regions, and start using them ? :-)
That requires some one to stop doing HAM stuff and duplicate effort.
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