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submitted 4 months ago by makeasnek@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Interesting history and analysis of SMTP's history. How can we prevent fedi and other open protocols from suffering the same fates?

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[-] denshirenji@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

My ISP doesn't. It an electric company that offers fiber, so not your typical telecommunications company. Still though, not a single blocked port.

On topic, I tried an email server and it is too much of a pain in the ass IMHO, without the requisite training and experience, but certainly not impossible.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

My most recent ISP does CGNAT. They don't hide it, it's mentioned in their support pages. A quick email is all it takes to switch you over to an open address though.

Anyway I've got a $5/mo server with akami that looks after my email and it's associated domain.

It took about three hours of following a guide to set up DMARC and etc etc and it works unobtrusively, and is about ten times faster than my old ISP IMAP account that I had for about twenty years.

[-] denshirenji@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Do you have a link to the guide by any chance? I might try it again using one of my throw away domains as a test.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

It was one of LinuxBabe's guides - this one:

https://www.linuxbabe.com/mail-server/setup-basic-postfix-mail-sever-ubuntu

There is a more recent one that uses a shell script to install all the bits and pieces but I prefer to do it myself so I've got at least some idea of how all the pieces work.

[-] denshirenji@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

This is very helpful. Thank you!

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