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  • They are still in use as multicast. Typically it’s for local traffic.

    I don’t think multicast over the internet would have taken off as multicast requires all routers between the source and any destinations to be multicast aware. Each would need to keep track of the subscriptions, meaning more resources that would mean higher cost. There was also less interest as one of the pluses of internet delivery was that delivery was on demand.

    In the end cdns were going to be created anyway for static content and streaming could just use the same systems to produce effectively the same improvements.

    But your next question would be why have they not done it for the experimental range.

    Well, everything knows those packets are not on the internet so will block them. If you want to ask the internet to upgrade everything for that, well just ask how the ip6 upgrade is going.















  • If you don’t mind having email go through Gmail etc, then you might not want to full host, but just run a local IMAP server. There are some pop to SMTP solutions you can use to pull your emails (fetchmail.) you can then use your account as an outbound relay. Keep in mind you’ll only be able to set this up for a single account if you use something like Gmail.

    If you buy a business product like workspace or m365, you should be able to setup relay/hybrid connectors for multiple accounts.