perlgod

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by perlgod 4y ago
I host email from my basement. Rackmount server down there runs all my VMs, including ones for Postfix, Dovecot, and Rspamd. Apache Solr/Tika are connected to dovecot for full-text IMAP search. Never had any issues, but I have postfix
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by perlgod 4y ago
I agree. If you're the only user of your instance, they can easily track you server-side by your IP address. You could mitigate this by routing your egress traffic (either from the individual device or network-wide, from your router) t
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by perlgod 4y ago
I host everything from a server in my basement. Each local application gets a dedicated Rocky Linux VM on a proxmox hypervisor, with the VM/DNS/app configuration managed though a custom ansible framework that I've developed f
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by perlgod 4y ago
Fantastic extension. I self-host Invidious, Teddit, Nitter, and Bibliogram and configured LibRedirect to use only my private instances. Unfortunately, the community instances are often either overloaded or down entirely. It's hard to i
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by perlgod 6y ago
"muh GPS" is definitely the most common argument people give me. Garmin still makes car GPS units. I have one and it works well. To be fair, I was able to refrain from mindless scrolling all the time. But with the phone nearby, I
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by perlgod 6y ago
I have not found it to be overly burdensome. I have an indestructible kyocera flip phone, so I'm able to call people (and SMS in a pinch). I have an LTE-enabled tablet, so if I'm going somewhere totally unfamiliar, I'll throw
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by perlgod 6y ago
Getting rid of my smartphone was without a doubt the most positive thing I ever did for myself. I'm sure some people have the self-control to use it sparingly. But for me, not having to constantly fight the urge to check my always-conn
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by perlgod 7y ago
(I'm the author of TFA.) I have never had this issue. Generally the issue is either IP reputation of your server (common with VPS providers if you get a recycled IP of a previous spammer) or your domain name. Otherwise you are probably
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by perlgod 7y ago
Author here. I actually use OpenSMTPD currently, but I haven't bothered to write a full article about it. Details of my current setup are here: https://github.com/cullum/dank-selfhosted Though this will be out of
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by perlgod 7y ago
I wouldn’t take this as a representative sample of all men. In my experience, sharing feelings makes me feel worse and substantially reduces my appeal to others. I prefer to just deal with my problems logically and avoid such navel gazing.
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by perlgod 7y ago
Because email is one of the few edifices left of the truly open internet, and some of us aren’t ready to concede defeat of what was once a free platform to a corporate oligarchy.
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by perlgod 7y ago
I too was a happy user of iCloud keychain for many years. Except one day, I made a new password on my Mac, but even after a few hours it hadn't sync'd to my iPhone. I followed some instructions and toggled iCloud keychain sync on
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by perlgod 8y ago
Never understood the desire for unions in the tech industry. Thankfully the USA has plenty of right-to-work states.
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by perlgod 8y ago
I should try something like that. Honestly just having the device in eyesight triggers some kind of latent mental FOMO. Removing the option entirely has worked well for me so far. I still keep an old iPhone for when I know I'll need an
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by perlgod 8y ago
It can!
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by perlgod 8y ago
I would imagine it's pretty bad. The interface is pretty slow and T9 is just frustrating enough for me to just call people instead. The call quality is great though! I use a HiBy R3 [1] with a 512gb SD card to listen to my collection o
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by perlgod 8y ago
I have my eye on the MP02. Waiting until they get certified for VoLTE in the USA, otherwise it will drop to 3g for making calls. 3g coverage is limited in many metro areas of the USA as carriers move to 4g/5g.
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by perlgod 8y ago
You will be in a tough spot if you're in the USA. All the nice Nokias and decent low-tech phones are rapidly becoming useless as carriers phase out 2g (and even 3g) coverage to free up bands for LTE and now 5g. If your "dumbphone&
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by perlgod 8y ago
All those things work fine with Gajim. Probably not the case with other desktop clients though admittedly.
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by perlgod 8y ago
Although most of my friends prefer Matrix these days, XMPP is still my favorite way of chatting. You can easily run your own Prosody instance [1] on a $5/month VPS and have a very modern chat experience - offline messages, syncing betw
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by perlgod 8y ago
I used to run Postfix + Dovecot + Rspamd with all the bells and whistles enabled [1], but I recently switched to OpenSMTPD + spamd on OpenBSD. Unlike rspamd, which has pluggable modules for everything under the sun (RBLs, word filters, Baye
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by perlgod 8y ago
Thanks. I think the issue is DOCTYPE, here’s the real file that I use hosted on GitHub, haven’t had any problems with it. https://github.com/cullum/dotfiles/blob/master/fontconfig/.c...
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by perlgod 8y ago
Thank you!
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by perlgod 8y ago
Thanks for the feedback! I've added a tidbit about syspatch, and also warned users about the (somewhat unusual) state of updates for third-party packages on OpenBSD: https://www.c0ffee.net/blog/openbsd-on-a-laptop&
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by perlgod 8y ago
About 7 hours on an oldish ThinkPad (T530) on a full charge: $ apm Battery state: high, 99% remaining, 430 minutes life estimate A/C adapter state: not connected Performance adjustment mode: auto (1200 MHz)
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by perlgod 8y ago
Can second Synth. I always used it on laptops where a full poudriere setup would have been overkill. Also it’s written in Ada!
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by perlgod 8y ago
Thanks!
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OpenBSD on a Laptop(c0ffee.net)
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by perlgod 9y ago
Speak for yourself - I've hosted my own email for over half a decade and never had any issues whatsoever. Set it up once, keep paying your DNS/VPS provider, and update your box every now and then, and you won't have any issue
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by perlgod 9y ago
I'm always amazed at the negative comments on HN when the topic of self-hosting your email comes up - I saw many of the same replies when my mail server guide [1] got linked here a few weeks ago. Most people suggest to give all your em

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