@mwl @Mirk0dex Any idea where are you moving? I realized...

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@mwl @Mirk0dex Any idea where are you moving? I realized "hey, maybe I should check where mwl is hosting his servers", and dig+whois told me you're on vultr.... Welp.

Also. Condolences. This sucks.

Like 27 March at 21:28 | Wall-to-wall | Open on bitbang.social

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mirk0dex :gnulightened:

@overeducatedredneck @mwl I don't know man, I really don't. I thought maybe Digital Ocean, but it's still proprietary.

27 March at 21:30 | Open on social.linux.pizza

Jeff

@Mirk0dex @mwl Looks like DigitalOcean lets you create custom images for running BSD, but I've definitely seen them get trashed on for being a source of spam (and thus IP addresses with bad reputations).

If you aren't running email, I have friends with droplets that they were reasonably happy with.

27 March at 22:02 | Open on bitbang.social

davidnewman

@overeducatedredneck @Mirk0dex @mwl Yeah, DO is a nonstarter for email.

27 March at 22:45 | Open on mastodon.social

mirk0dex :gnulightened:

@overeducatedredneck I need email unfortunately

27 March at 22:55 | Open on social.linux.pizza

Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦

@Mirk0dex @overeducatedredneck Email can be handled on DO VMs with SES on AWS.

27 March at 23:43 | Open on phpc.social

Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦

@overeducatedredneck @Mirk0dex @mwl We use SES on AWS for email with all our Digital Ocean VMs. Barely costs a thing, easy to setup with Exim or Postfix.

27 March at 23:42 | Open on phpc.social

Jeff

@outofcontrol @Mirk0dex @mwl So... That misses a few points. If I were Ok with AWS handling my outbound email, I'd probably just be leaving everything as-is, which is having google handle it for me.

I'm bailing on google because it's the enshittocene, and I want as few proprietary layers (especially big tech controlled) in my infrastructure as possible.

(I'm a professional SRE, and I have run a lot of infra on AWS. I know what their services do.)

28 March at 0:26 | Open on bitbang.social

Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦

@overeducatedredneck @Mirk0dex @mwl Can you expand from an SES point of view some of the issues?

28 March at 0:42 | Open on phpc.social

mirk0dex :gnulightened:

@overeducatedredneck @mwl I'm looking for some other VPS providers, I've found Ionos (https://www.ionos.com), their prices start from $2/month. But it'd definitely be a downgrade specs-wise. Also, not free/libre and I haven't looked at their ToS yet.

28 March at 11:59 | Open on social.linux.pizza