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......@@ -649,6 +649,33 @@ replication for a "warm" spare.
Multi-primary setups would require "sharding" the users across
multiple servers and is definitely considered out of scope.
## Status quo
The current status quo is also an option. But it is our belief that it
will lead to further and further problem in deliverability. We already
have a lot of problems delivering mail to various providers, and it's
hard to diagnose issues because anyone can currently send mail
masquerading as us from anywhere.
There might be *other* solutions than the ones proposed here, but we
haven't found any good ways of solving those issues without radically
changing the infrastructure so far.
If anything, if things continue as they are, people are going to use
their `@torproject.org` email address less and less, and we'll
effectively be migrating to external providers, but delegating that
workload to individual volunteers and workers. The mailing list and,
more critically, support and promotional tools (RT and CiviCRM)
services will become less and less effective in actually delivering
emails in people's inbox and, ultimately, this will hurt our capacity
to help our users and raise funds that are critical to the future of
the project.
## The end of email
TODO: forum, matrix, etc. quality of participation, community
organising.
## External hosting
Other service providers have been contacted to see if it would be
......@@ -741,33 +768,6 @@ looked at this, it was a 1750€ setup fee with 2.5€ per user-year.
It's unclear if we could do mass-mailing with this service.
## Status quo
The current status quo is also an option. But it is our belief that it
will lead to further and further problem in deliverability. We already
have a lot of problems delivering mail to various providers, and it's
hard to diagnose issues because anyone can currently send mail
masquerading as us from anywhere.
There might be *other* solutions than the ones proposed here, but we
haven't found any good ways of solving those issues without radically
changing the infrastructure so far.
If anything, if things continue as they are, people are going to use
their `@torproject.org` email address less and less, and we'll
effectively be migrating to external providers, but delegating that
workload to individual volunteers and workers. The mailing list and,
more critically, support and promotional tools (RT and CiviCRM)
services will become less and less effective in actually delivering
emails in people's inbox and, ultimately, this will hurt our capacity
to help our users and raise funds that are critical to the future of
the project.
## The end of email
TODO: forum, matrix, etc. quality of participation, community
organising.
# Deadline
TODO.
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