SamProgramiz

AWS EC2 has been blocking SMTP by default now Digital Ocean is doing the same. They claim that it is to combat spam. I get it, IPv4 is limited and if one is used by a spammer, the next person will automatically have their IP in some block list so they have to block it. What does this mean? The common SMTP ports 25, 465, 587 have been blocked. If you have an application that has to send emails via SMTP, you’re screwed. You also cannot host your on mail server on Digital Ocean. This breaks email. Email was supposed to be decentralized and independent but now we are all flocking in major providers. RIP privacy. Google runs an LLM on your email content which is not encrypted. For now, port 2525 is still open so you can use mailgun. I think going forward emails will be sent via http to bypass this stupidity further breaking email. I hate how the internet has become. There’s little regard for privacy.