Moving Away from Gmail
I used to run my own mail server, and that very nearly cost me a career-changing job at Microsoft. My reply to a hiring manager for a team I really wanted to work on went into Microsoft&#x27;s bit bucket because (I&#x27;m guessing) their spam detectors didn&#x27;t like my own domain and my own instance of Exim sending out my emails. When a recruiter (thankfully) followed up and scheduled me for on-site interviews, that manager mentioned that he never got a reply when he emailed me. That was the point where I realized that email had gone the way of fiefdoms, and if I wanted really important emails to make it through, I&#x27;d need to choose which castle I wanted to handle my email.