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ullarah
txt.quisquiliae.com
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@prologic > Self host all the things!

I still refuse to self host email. Been there done that, I hate it đŸ˜‚

That’s why I ended up using an Australian email host.
prologic
twtxt.net
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@ullarah Speaking of self-hosting email... I've been doing it for over a decade now (with a break in-between when I restarted again) and then a decade before that.

Before it was all the usual crap, Postfix/Exim, etc.

Now it's just basically the same components packaged in a Docker image I run in a Swarm clsuter.

What do you hate about it? How can I make it better? (its part of my plans!)
prologic
twtxt.net
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@ullarah Speaking of self-hosting email... I've been doing it for over a decade now (with a break in-between when I restarted again) and then a decade before that.

Before it was all the usual crap, Postfix/Exim, etc.

Now it's just basically the same components packaged in a Docker image I run in a Swarm clsuter.

What do you hate about it? How can I make it better? (its part of my plans!)
mutefall
twtxt.net
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@prologic @ullarah

sounds like we have a proper topic for the chat today. looks for banner
ullarah
txt.quisquiliae.com
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@prologic yeah it’s setting up all of that shit. The only thing that comes close is Maddy which is a all-in-one. However IMAP is still in beta.

I would set up a Vultr instance in a heartbeat if I could easily set up my own. It’d save me about $17 a year, but it would also give me the flexibility to run other services (maybe another multi user pod) haha.
prologic
twtxt.net
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@ullarah Why don't you run what I run currently then?

I run Poste.io

Quite easy to stand up and run, Here's a Docker Swarm Stack for it:

=> https://git.mills.io/prologic/swarm-stacks/src/branch/dump_of_stacks/mail.yml
prologic
twtxt.net
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@ullarah Why don't you run what I run currently then?

I run Poste.io

Quite easy to stand up and run, Here's a Docker Swarm Stack for it:

=> https://git.mills.io/prologic/swarm-stacks/src/branch/dump_of_stacks/mail.yml
ullarah
txt.quisquiliae.com
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@prologic heh, I would but the issue is that this residential ISP does not allow outbound SMTP.
mutefall
twtxt.net
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@ullarah we have ways around that. small vps in the cloud. cascaded swarm cluster (small vps with swarm setup, back-hauled to your machine at home). works like a charm :chefs_kiss

trick with vultr is you have to request outbound email port be opened and justify it. linode and digitalocean no issues.

as well, nicety is when your backend mail server is down the first-tier swarm node can spool until your backend comes up.

i really need to blog this mess out.
will
twtxt.net
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@ullarah @prologic wow thats impressive. Whats your opinion of delta.chat?