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Generally custom domains don't pass spam filters very well. Your email server will have to be immaculate and even then, you could be sent to spam simply because you're not on the TLD whitelist of a mail server...
Generally, I don't recommend people roll their own mail server, and even less so when you don't use typical TLD. You can always test it out, though, if you already have the domain: https://www.mailgenius.com/
Ohh, I maybe should clarify. I don't intend to use my own server. I have a provider - disroot.
This doesn't change the situation at all. Each mail server has their own whitelists and blacklists. Some mailservers have explicit whitelists and will throw into the spam folder anything not on the whitelist. You could have a perfectly configured mail server and be doing everything right, but because your TLD isn't on the whitelist its throw into spam regardless. It entirely depends on the configuration of the mail server to whom you're sending mail.
Mail is super hard.
That should alleviate problems with sending your mails and them not being in the recipient's spam folder. The problem with less common tlds is that some ancient forms don't validate them as actual domains. But this has improved vastly in the last few years. I would say just try it out, it should be fine.
Having a standard TLD to go with the nonstandard will be helpful.