On Fri Sep 18, 2026 at 2:47 AM BST, Andy Bradford wrote: > Thus said [email protected] on Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:05:57 -0000: > >> I am considering running my own email domain/server. > > Good luck. > >> Will the VPS "see" my email this way, relaying off the VPS server to my >> local one? > > The current state of SMTP is such that you should assume that it can be > read along the way. It doesn't matter that Google[1] claims that 99% of > all SMTP traffic that they observe is using TLS. Almost no server MTA > rejects clients using unencrypted SMTP. Almost no client MTA refuses to > deliver to a server MTA that has misconfigured TLS (e.g. expired, > unrecognized CA, mismatched name, etc.) and are susceptible to MITM. A > server MTA cannot guarantee that the client MTA was not compromised with > MITM. > > If you want privacy in email then you and your communicants should > encrypt before sending. > > I could be wrong. > > [1] https://transparencyreport.google.com/safer-email/overview
True. I can't do anything about whilst in transit, or the senders outbox. But if it gets directly delivered to my own email server/stores I think this is another step in gaining control and bit more privacy. Maybe :)
