Done?
Published at 11:16 on 6 July 2021
Is the process of cutover to my new hosting solution (i.e. self-hosted) done? We shall see.
One wrinkle is that my self-hosted email server seems to be DNS blackholed. Hopefully I can resolve that. This is a virtual host, and the IP address it possesses may have been used by an incautious or abusive site in the past. Unfortunately, it is not possible for me to preserve my old, known-reputable IP address. This is yet another instance of a problem where abusive Internet users cause headaches for the vast majority of non-abusive users.
Update. Almost done, it turns out. The emails from the new server are being rejected by both Apple and Google, because my new static IP address is for some reason on a blacklist. Guilty until proven innocent, oh joy. Now I must argue to have my address un-blacklisted. Mostly I blame spammers and not Apple or Google; I have used such blacklists myself in the past and may well do so again in the future. Abusers of the Internet have ruined so much of it for honest users.