True Inbox Zero 

Want to know the simplest way to get to Inbox Zero?

Make it so people can’t send you mail.

The other day I updated the SSL cert I have for my site. I use it on my own mail server so that most mail servers can talk over TLS and exchange mail securely.

When I updated my cert, I was an idiot. I didn’t properly update my postfix config. Postfix would still run and accept mail, but anyone trying to connect via TLS would fail. It turns out that Google (understandably) tries to connect via TLS. When they can’t connect, they don’t try to reconnect using plain SMTP. They just bail out.

So, short version: I’m an idiot. But, for about 12 hours, I didn’t get any mail. It was glorious.