What kind of filtering software do you use? I work on my company's mail gateway almost everyday. There's so much bullshit that comes in that needs to be screened out. Viruses, scams, phishing etc. You can't just throw a mail server out these days right? Once the MX record is published isn't it a forgone conclusion you're going to be inundated with random horseshit?
I don't use email all that much and I have a White list.
When I share my email address, I mention to people to add a specific code in the first one they'll send me (at the end of subject) or the email gets automatically deleted. That way the sender gets added to the White list.
I honestly don't use it for communication with other people either. It's usually more of a correspondence with companies. Receipts and stuff like that.
Gotta have an email to login everywhere these days. Maybe Gmail is fine for what I'm using it for.
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