Posted by xmddmx 1 day ago
This would be naive. It currently means that Microsoft censors and decides what you can see in the first place. I do not recall having given Microsoft such a permission. On the other hand I don't use Microsoft for email anyway (though, unfortunately, one local university here does, which is super-annoying. Europe is unable to think strategically here).
It's stupid, but not terribly difficult to set up and authorize.
Like most people who run their own mail, I have had repeated problems with Microsoft in particular, who treats small mail server operators like crap.
This post reminded me that I had gotten some email requesting me to "Re-attest Your Network Access". I went in, clicked a few things, and I'm good for another year or whatever.
https://substrate.office.com/ip-domain-management-snds/snds
https://www.litmus.com/blog/what-is-microsoft-snds-why-your-...
(dmarc only requires one of spf or dkim, not both, but it is a good idea to use both)
When you talk about a single entity to single entity connection it can be any protocol. Email, Matrix, WhatsApp, SMS... Discord... Instagram. All of them work especially if you whitelist the other party.
What doesn't work any more is assuming that everyone is using the same thing. Back when email was invented it was the only computer-based communication protocol - I don't remember whether it came before or after USENET - I'm assuming before. If you wanted to send a message to someone you sent it to their email address. Now things aren't so clear.
An Outlook user first reaching out to you, and you replying and including the unique message-ID of their original envelope in your headers, doesn't affect anything either. Absurd. The whole situation is complete dog shit.
It's not months it's years.
Sometimes it's use is appropriate, but not in this case. Microsoft announced this change loudly, multiple times, starting more than a year ago. I seem to recall one of those announcements being discussed here on HN. Even the article links to it's own previous announcements, so "quietly" here is stupid rage bait to justify a blogspam advert.