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Selfhosted Family Email and Calendar (lemmy.world)

submitted 20 hours ago by GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hello friends!

My first attempt at a selfhosting project is up and running.

My goal was to make a private email and calendar system for my family. As it is private, as in we only email each other, I don't have to worry about delivery blocks or spam. The system needs to support 12 users. Turned out it was easier than I though it would be!

Here is my stack:

Thinkpad T480 with 64G ram and 1tb ssd
Windows Server 2022 eval
MailEnable Standard Edition which is free software from Australia https://www.mailenable.com/standard_edition.asp
Thunderbird Mobile https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/mobile/

Right now we are using the native android calendar app but I would love suggestions for a better calendar app.

Happy Hosting!

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't think laptops are much of a concern - virtually every laptop on the planet spends 90% of it's time plugged in.

All of mine have since the mid-90's (back then that really shortened NiCd life).

Since they've gone lithium I've had probably 20 laptops (with multiple running since 2019 as hosts) and seen one spicy pillow - and that was on a year old machine.

My newest machines have charge limit on by default in the hardware. I assume they all do these days as it would reduce support/warranty calls.

Good to keep an eye on them because it can happen to any battery, I just don't think it's a huge concern.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Good to keep an eye on them because it can happen to any battery,

As we age, we become intensely aware of our mortality and the cost of replacing things. :)