• randomblock1@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Given the difference in server CPU/memory/storage/network/scale, I don’t think it’s possible to get any number with confidence. Maybe you could self host, but that wouldn’t be representative of real email servers. Plus different email providers handle emails differently.

    And cloud providers probably automatically scale with load, Gmail probably uses more power during work hours than after.

    Also SSR is relatively new and email services are ancient, I’d be surprised if any used it. I’m not even sure if it’s a good idea for email.

    Plus it would probably vary with how many emails you have in your inbox…

    I just don’t think it’s possible to get an actual number.