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Re: Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network

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Post by sneak »

chana_masala wrote: post #29
sneak wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cox (USA) blocks inbound port 80, rendering it impossible to get Let's Encrypt certs via http validation. This started in the last year and affects millions of people.

I used to think "who cares? why would I want to self host?" but even if I or anyone doesn't care about self hosting, the fact that they block everyone from doing so is wrong.

Pointing a dyndns at your home connection for vhosting toy apps and sites on existing hardware with no additional cost is a long tradition in tech.

Not everyone wants to give monthly Danegeld to Bezos.

Re: Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network

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Post by NorwegianDude »

jaytaylor wrote: post #26
aftbit wrote: post #20

>Nowadays, running a website from home is just about impossible. You may not have a public IP, and if you do, it likely changes from time to time. And even then, your ISP probably blocks you from running servers on it. I'm not sure about the author's country / ISP, but here in Midwest USA, our residential ISPs (cable or DSL, fiber if you are lucky) generally do not change IPs frequently (unless your router/modem is r…

Blocking port 25 is pretty annoying. I know there are explanations, but a month ago I really wanted to run a mail server for jaytaylor.com myself. Only to find out it's basically impossible with mainstream ISPs. It's not a realistic option, regardless of Comcast, AT&T Fiber, no big boy ISP supports it at this point. I don't know if ATT even provides email with my service, much less for a custom domain. How did the de…

Port 25 is blocked by default for many ISPs around the world, and it makes sense. Look at it this way: If it was open by default, a lot of IPs would be blacklisted, making them basically unusable for email anyway.

You can always rent a subnet or a server including network and host mail yourself.

Re: Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network

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Post by nynx »

Computers (even phones) have a enough spare computing power and bandwidth that a true, cooperative mesh network is probably possible now: Data routed through a mesh of local networks created by each device to taps which can route across long-range fiber and satellite comms.

Re: Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network

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Post by doublerabbit »

genewitch wrote: post #30
jaytaylor wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Blocking port 25 is pretty annoying. I know there are explanations, but a month ago I really wanted to run a mail server for jaytaylor.com myself. Only to find out it's basically impossible with mainstream ISPs. It's not a realistic option, regardless of Comcast, AT&T Fiber, no big boy ISP supports it at this point. I don't know if ATT even provides email with my service, much less for a custom domain. How did the de…

Which docker images? I've been having trouble finding "simple" mail servers for incoming and outgoing. Stuff like postfix and dovecot make my eyes cross, I just want to point DNS at an IP and send and receive mail there, securely. It's not that I can't set those other ones up, I just don't want to, nor should I have to for a small service...

I've been using Zimbra 8 for years. Not a docker image but has a single install script and sits on ubuntu. It's a poor-mans enterprise email client for free.

It's a bit chunky and when it doesn't fall apart it has a nice friendly client with support for mobile. Includes all the bells and whistles of spam assassin, dkim, briefcase etc. Mobile view is a bit dated but it works for elementary sending / receiving.

The free version has no backups which is a pain and makes me scared to reinstall/move away from. But for a all-in-one email server client it does have a charm.

Zimbra 9 looks nice but licensing.

Re: Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network

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Post by ireflect »

genewitch wrote: post #30
jaytaylor wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Blocking port 25 is pretty annoying. I know there are explanations, but a month ago I really wanted to run a mail server for jaytaylor.com myself. Only to find out it's basically impossible with mainstream ISPs. It's not a realistic option, regardless of Comcast, AT&T Fiber, no big boy ISP supports it at this point. I don't know if ATT even provides email with my service, much less for a custom domain. How did the de…

Which docker images? I've been having trouble finding "simple" mail servers for incoming and outgoing. Stuff like postfix and dovecot make my eyes cross, I just want to point DNS at an IP and send and receive mail there, securely. It's not that I can't set those other ones up, I just don't want to, nor should I have to for a small service...

docker-mailserver is pretty good. It does use postfix and dovecot, but at least the default config is very good and you don’t have to touch it much.

Re: Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network

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Post by nynx »

daenz wrote: post #37

>Enter Yggdrasil This is perhaps the worst branding I've seen in awhile. It's impossible to say correctly without being taught, difficult to remember, and difficult to spell. It's almost like they don't want their efforts to be acknowledged.

It’s pretty easy to say and quite memorable in my opinion. Are you aware of the Norse roots of the name?
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