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@nixCraft<\/a> Sounds like a good opportunity to Run Your Own Mail Server \ud83d\ude09<\/p>

https:\/\/mwl.link\/run-your-own-mail-server.html<\/a><\/p>

#ryoms<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-14:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/users\/gumnos\/statuses\/115304287316199516","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/users\/gumnos\/statuses\/115304287316199516","objectType":"note","content":"

@nixCraft<\/a> Sounds like a good opportunity to Run Your Own Mail Server \ud83d\ude09<\/p>

https:\/\/mwl.link\/run-your-own-mail-server.html<\/a><\/p>

#ryoms<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/@gumnos\/115304287316199516","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/nixCraft\/statuses\/115304107255277597","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@nixCraft\/115304107255277597"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/nixCraft"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=c25f2017cbbb9962","notice_info":{"local_id":"11212734","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-02T17:54:44+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/@gumnos\/115304287316199516"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mcepl","displayName":"Mat\u011bj Cepl \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/301396-original-tmp20241128084543.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/301396-96-20241128084543.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/301396-48-20241128084543.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/301396-24-20241128084543.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"301396"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/301396-96-20241128084543.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Engineer at SUSE \u2026 All your Python are belong to me! \u2026 Christian, geek, happy father of two!#Christian #Linux #Python #European #Czech","url":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/@mcepl","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mcepl","displayName":"Mat\u011bj Cepl \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6","note":"Engineer at SUSE \u2026 All your Python are belong to me! \u2026 Christian, geek, happy father of two!#Christian #Linux #Python #European #Czech"}},"content":"

@gumnos<\/a> @nixCraft<\/a> <\/p>

I understand that, but this is a suggestion for absolute geeks with a lot of free time to struggle with SpamHaus and other institutions targeting peaceful operation of the server. I would prefer if we all promoted as an alternative to GMail\/Outlook\/etc. other purely commercial providers like Fastmail et al. instead pushing normals to something where they will eventually and necessarily burn out.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-14:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mcepl\/statuses\/115305326203005456","object":{"id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mcepl\/statuses\/115305326203005456","objectType":"note","content":"

@gumnos<\/a> @nixCraft<\/a> <\/p>

I understand that, but this is a suggestion for absolute geeks with a lot of free time to struggle with SpamHaus and other institutions targeting peaceful operation of the server. I would prefer if we all promoted as an alternative to GMail\/Outlook\/etc. other purely commercial providers like Fastmail et al. instead pushing normals to something where they will eventually and necessarily burn out.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/@mcepl\/115305326203005456","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/users\/gumnos\/statuses\/115304287316199516","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/@gumnos\/115304287316199516"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/nixCraft"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/users\/gumnos"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=c25f2017cbbb9962","notice_info":{"local_id":"11212735","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-02T17:54:43+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/@mcepl\/115305326203005456"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/users\/gumnos","displayName":"Tim Chase","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/291761-original-tmp20241103195350.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/291761-96-20241103195350.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/291761-48-20241103195350.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/291761-24-20241103195350.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"291761"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/291761-96-20241103195350.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Christian, husband, father, geek, dork behind @ed1confIf bsd.cafe requires approval for you to follow me, but you have a default profile-pic and no public post\/interaction with other folks on the fedi, it's likely to be a no.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/@gumnos","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"gumnos","displayName":"Tim Chase","note":"Christian, husband, father, geek, dork behind @ed1confIf bsd.cafe requires approval for you to follow me, but you have a default profile-pic and no public post\/interaction with other folks on the fedi, it's likely to be a no."}},"content":"

@mcepl<\/a> <\/p>

The qualifications for running your own mailserver is not negligible, but it's also well documented in such a way that most competent geeks with a few bucks for a domain-name and VPS could get the fundamentals up and running in a weekend.<\/p>

A discussion particularly apropos of reading @whitequark<\/a>'s recent thread\u00b9 that crossed my feed, detailing adventures in busting the \"setting up a mailserver is hard\" myth.<\/p>

\u2e3b
\u00b9 https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@whitequark\/115298019560025791<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-14:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/users\/gumnos\/statuses\/115305551047818548","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/users\/gumnos\/statuses\/115305551047818548","objectType":"note","content":"

@mcepl<\/a> <\/p>

The qualifications for running your own mailserver is not negligible, but it's also well documented in such a way that most competent geeks with a few bucks for a domain-name and VPS could get the fundamentals up and running in a weekend.<\/p>

A discussion particularly apropos of reading @whitequark<\/a>'s recent thread\u00b9 that crossed my feed, detailing adventures in busting the \"setting up a mailserver is hard\" myth.<\/p>

\u2e3b
\u00b9 https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@whitequark\/115298019560025791<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/@gumnos\/115305551047818548","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mcepl\/statuses\/115305326203005456","url":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/@mcepl\/115305326203005456"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/whitequark"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mcepl"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=c25f2017cbbb9962","notice_info":{"local_id":"11212736","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-02T17:54:42+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.bsd.cafe\/@gumnos\/115305551047818548"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mcepl","displayName":"Mat\u011bj Cepl \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/301396-original-tmp20241128084543.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/301396-96-20241128084543.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/301396-48-20241128084543.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/301396-24-20241128084543.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"301396"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/301396-96-20241128084543.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Engineer at SUSE \u2026 All your Python are belong to me! \u2026 Christian, geek, happy father of two!#Christian #Linux #Python #European #Czech","url":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/@mcepl","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mcepl","displayName":"Mat\u011bj Cepl \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6","note":"Engineer at SUSE \u2026 All your Python are belong to me! \u2026 Christian, geek, happy father of two!#Christian #Linux #Python #European #Czech"}},"content":"

@gumnos<\/a> @whitequark<\/a> <\/p>

I was running my own server for years. I didn\u2019t give up because of my incompetence (I hope), but because I found that I have better things to do than constantly battling with SpamHause, Google, Microsoft, and others who try to cement the monopoly in the email delivery. I just outsourced that job to Fastmail, and I am very happy with the result.<\/p>

And yes, his second point is absolutely correct. Let somebody else deal with it. And he still ends with \u201cwith everyone but M365.\u201d<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-14:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mcepl\/statuses\/115305609010474810","object":{"id":"https:\/\/en.osm.town\/users\/mcepl\/statuses\/115305609010474810","objectType":"note","content":"

@gumnos<\/a> @whitequark<\/a> <\/p>

I was running my own server for years. I didn\u2019t give up because of my incompetence (I hope), but because I found that I have better things to do than constantly battling with SpamHause, Google, Microsoft, and others who try to cement the monopoly in the email delivery. I just outsourced that job to Fastmail, and I am very happy with the result.<\/p>

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@mcepl<\/a> @gumnos<\/a> if you have to use a gendered pronoun make it \"she\".<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-14:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/whitequark\/statuses\/115305849022821842","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/whitequark\/statuses\/115305849022821842","objectType":"note","content":"

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Heads up! Gmail will no longer support checking emails from third-party accounts via POP. https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/16604719?hl=en<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-14:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/nixCraft\/statuses\/115304107255277597","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/nixCraft\/statuses\/115304107255277597","objectType":"note","content":"

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