• Lionir [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I’m not sure AI would work for detecting spam using email contents so surely it would use other metrics… and if it does, it’s just become another email filter. I don’t think that solution would help much.

    I think ultimately email failed as a federated service because in general people do not care about email. They just want to use it to login to services, get one time codes, receipts and maybe if they’re fancy - a newsletter.

    • vampatori@feddit.ukEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      From a personal perspective, I absolutely agree - I only check my email when I’m specifically expecting something, which is rarely. But at work emails are still incredibly important.

      Are there any protocols/services designed specifically for one time codes? Receipts? I think something that’s dedicated to those kinds of tasks would be great from an ease-of-use perspective - no more messing about waiting for delivery, searching through hordes of emails, checking spam folder, etc.

      Another problem we have is the rise of oauth - the core idea is great, but the reality is that it ties a lot of people to these Big Tech services.

    • digdilem@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      AI’s been in use in commercial anti-spam for quite a while now - and on the flip side is also being used by the spam senders. Just another front on the unending war.

      But spam (and phishing, and all malware) happens because humans get fooled by it. No reason to think AI will be any smarter.

  • Creesch@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    As is often the case there is more nuance to this. As others have pointed out, it is still possible to run your own mailserver if you really want to.

    But, there are also other options that aren’t google, microsoft or any other service.

    I personally have registered my own domain and have my mail hosted by mailbox.org. If I am ever dissatisfied with them I can simply pick a different mail hosting provider and move my domain there. Other privacy minded providers can be found here: https://www.privacytools.io/privacy-email

    And there are also more options if you just want reliable mail and care slightly less about overall privacy. Fastmail for example is a popular choice.

    Yes, these are not free. But neither is hosting it yourself as that costs you the VPS/container to host it and a bunch more time and effort.

    What it does provide you with is the ability to no longer use big tech while allowing you to mail with people still having their mail hosted there.