All's well that ends well

Posted Jan 16, 2026 2:11 UTC (Fri) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
In reply to: Mail by mxroute
Parent article: A note for MXroute users

This is a perfect example of why we need diversity in the mail hosting business and shouldn't let it be concentrated among a few big players like GOOG and MSFT.

Could you imagine either of those two giants taking the time out to correct the problem LWN was having? I don't think so. We need alternatives like MXroute and others to keep the big players honest (or at least not too dishonest.)

All's well that ends well

Posted Jan 22, 2026 0:14 UTC (Thu) by jelly (subscriber, #31828) [Link]

No need to imagine. As a mail admin of a tiny ISP: Microsoft does have reasonably easy to find contacts and they do sometimes reply, sometimes the issue goes away without an explicit response. Google does not.