Is spam email still a big deal
It&#x27;s a complexity brake of multiple dimensions.<p>Much of the email I now receive is spam.  This is both because of and a reason why I&#x27;ve abandoned using email -- it&#x27;s too painful and too low-reward to even open my inbox.  Privacy, surveillance, and other concerns are leading me to largely abandon email (and most other private electronic comms) in any regard.<p>If you want to set up your own email service, addressing span, <i>and proving you&#x27;re not a spammer yourself</i> is a major hassle.  There are hoops to jump through on both ends, reducing the incoming flow, and ensuring that outbound peers will pick up your mail.<p>If you&#x27;re engaged in any large-scale outreach (think:  accounts-based services, notifications, etc.), then dealing with spam accusations on your own service are an issue.  Those might or might not be legitimate -- in many cases, users will, with a high degree of legitimacy, <i>not</i> try to unsubscribe or opt out of email but instead simply flag it as spam.  As accounts die or are closed, simply continuing to email them may mark you as a spammer (a periodic re-validation process is a good way to avoid this).  I&#x27;ve seen decade-plus old services with hundreds of thousands or millions of questionable addresses.  The devs may not care about that, but as ops, and as the point person for ensuring that notifications and alerts <i>do</i> get out, <i>I do</i>.<p>The noise alone of spam, outbound or inbound, causes logistical problems.<p>TL;DR:  Yes.