Introduction (really just a new nick)
Hello, As I've sent a couple of emails to a thread here, I thought I should let you know that I am one and the same person as znoteer. That's an old nick that I have been maintaining pretty much only on email. I max'd out the number of email users I could have on my email account, so I couldn't create a joeDoe address to switch to. But, I've been experimenting with running my own email server as part of a Freedombox (a Debian Pure Blend). I can now have as many frickin email users as my system can handle :) So, I am now subscribed with a nick that I've been using in chats etc for some time. This will permit me to evaluate this mail server thang. If keeping an email server proves to be not too onerous (so far Freedombox has made it quite effortless), I may just keep on going. Otherwise, I'm looking for a new provider as mine changed their offer and it doesn't suit me so much any more. Cheers, joeDoe
joeDoe via talk wrote on 2023-09-20 12:27:
I'm looking for a new provider as mine changed their offer and it doesn't suit me so much any more.
Gandi.net? They've recently switched their policy from 3 free 3GB mailboxes per domain registered to zero, instead charging $5 / month for one 10GB mailbox. It's like they want customers to leave. I understand running email is a nightmare, but I imagine quite a few customers will go elsewhere. They got me for one month's fee already. I'm gonna try a VPS at https://websavers.ca - CAD $5/m is reasonable for a VPS. 2GB RAM, only 10GB storage; that's okay.
But, I've been experimenting with running my own email server as part of a Freedombox (a Debian Pure Blend).
Interesting, I just was looking at a .ca site featuring FreedomBox. I'd noticed a rejected email in my mail server logs due to no PTR record for the sending domain. I think it's *your* server, in fact. I've not got a PTR record on mine at the moment, checking in with support on websavers.ca to see how that works. Their "Client Centre" is standard with each account, and PTR records can be managed there. Nice. rb
On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 11:55:34AM -0700, BCLUG via talk wrote:
joeDoe via talk wrote on 2023-09-20 12:27:
I'm looking for a new provider as mine changed their offer and it doesn't suit me so much any more.
Gandi.net?
No, mailbox.org [snip]
I'm gonna try a VPS at https://websavers.ca - CAD $5/m is reasonable for a VPS. 2GB RAM, only 10GB storage; that's okay.
I'm using one at lunanode. Roughly $3.50/mo CAD. Can't remember the exact specs, but it's a pretty minimal machine. 1 vcpu
But, I've been experimenting with running my own email server as part of a Freedombox (a Debian Pure Blend).
Interesting, I just was looking at a .ca site featuring FreedomBox.
I'd noticed a rejected email in my mail server logs due to no PTR record for the sending domain. I think it's *your* server, in fact.
If the rejected mail dates from ages ago, maybe, because I didn't initially set a PTR for ipv6 (ipv4 was set up for me by default). But, yooyle mail complained, so it didn't take long for me to set up a PTR for ipv6, too.
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