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Chester Wisniewski

@GossiTheDog @Quinnypig Everyone gives me the side eye for running my own mail server, IRC, nextcloud, etc. I have seen this play before and it ends in tears. Trust no one.

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Don Hayward

@chetwisniewski. Got a good HOWTO for running a secure mail server. Recently, most of the advice I have seen is “Don’t”

Chester Wisniewski

@drhaywardj I am not recommending it for everyone. Sadly, I don't, but it helps that I work at Sophos and use my Sophos XGS firewall and our cloud email filtering to handle much of the heavy lifting. Managed my own mail server since 1999, so I am well steeped in my LDAP/Postfix/Dovetail nuances.

sortius

@chetwisniewski @drhaywardj yeh, definitely not for everyone. I gave up running my own server in the early 2000's because spam, attacks, etc, just became too oppressive for my home ADSL connection to handle 😖

Nils Nakayama

@sortius
There are some good services that work well. I have an email address with Posted (German company) and their business Modell is not to do that kind of shit. Can recommend this instead of running your own server. That being said, I do run my own NextCloud and want to do everything to not need any external services... @chetwisniewski @drhaywardj

Seth Hanford 🐡

@drhaywardj @chetwisniewski you should have a look at the upcoming kickstarter for Run Your Own Mail Server by @mwl - kickstarter.com/projects/mwluc

I’ve been running mine since early 2000s and (as a sponsor of the book) I received a prerelease copy. It’s a great resource for what’s necessary to do this important work in the modern climate. Highly recommend it.

Deus
@chetwisniewski @GossiTheDog @Quinnypig

Trust no one

True. As some veteran who has extensively worked on ActivitiyPub software commented, "I don't trust Eugen either." On my part, I don't trust (most) admins running instances (hence running my own). Nor any of the 'voices' promoting ActivityPub.

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