I'd disagree, there are several packages that make it relatively beginner friendly (Mailinabox, sovereign) -- everyone has to learn some how. There are also lots of good tutorials, and one of the great pleasures of setting up a mailserver is once you've done it you can reuse the configs. It is a great learning experience for relative novices and "greybeards" alike.
You've just cut the number of people who can do it your way down to <1000 people (or may as well). No normal person, who wants to learn how to setup a mailserver and be successful at it, is going to drop ~$5k on a server or know people who run T1/T2 datacenters and are willing to pop you in a cage for free.
Your last sentences dismisses everyone who doesn't do things to your impossible standards as a waste.
You're basically saying no one should run a mailserver, or learn how, or be given the opportunity to learn how. Which is sad.
You've just cut the number of people who can do it your way down to <1000 people (or may as well). No normal person, who wants to learn how to setup a mailserver and be successful at it, is going to drop ~$5k on a server or know people who run T1/T2 datacenters and are willing to pop you in a cage for free.
Your last sentences dismisses everyone who doesn't do things to your impossible standards as a waste.
You're basically saying no one should run a mailserver, or learn how, or be given the opportunity to learn how. Which is sad.