AJ SadauskasApr 20, 2025
UPDATE: A massive thanks to everyone who helped out with this ☺️

As a result, my little single-user instance has made contact with 11,274 other instances across the Fedi 😲

So no further boosts needed, really appreciate everyone who helped out 😁

ORIGINAL POST: I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click boost.

How come?

I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.

#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp
Show threadEmma Joy  Apr 20, 2025
@aj it feels great to self host and be in charge of your data.
Show threadAJ Sadauskas
@iamemmajoy It's part of a bigger project for me if moving off big tech, embracing FOSS, and self-hosting where I can...
Apr 20, 2025 at 1:56pmWeb
Show threadEmma Joy  Apr 20, 2025
@aj I've been moving that way also. The only thing I'm not self hosting is email because that was excruciatingly frustrating last time I tried.
Show threadAJ SadauskasApr 20, 2025
@iamemmajoy I've moved email hosting to my domain registrar, rather than attempt to set up my own email server.

It's just a matter of slowly migrating them.off Gmail.

The big things I've done are set up a home media server running OSMC, install KDE Neon on my main desktop, replace most of my mobile apps with alternatives from FDroid, and set up Nextcloud...
Show threadThe Great Llama Apr 20, 2025
@aj @iamemmajoy
The email is continuing to by stumbling block. I'm procrastinating by telling myself I'm "comparing options."
Show threadshomApr 20, 2025
@iamemmajoy @aj yay so many selfhosters, love to see it!
I'm also wary of self-hosting email but recently did so for a non-profit that my friend is starting and between cPanel mailbox setup, RoundCube webmail, and properly configuring DNS (DMARC and DKIM) it's a lot easier than it used to be. Not sure if I'm brave enough to host it on a bare server without cPanel... yet!
Show threadEmma Joy  Apr 20, 2025

@shom @aj mailcow is a great setup with docker containers.

The biggest issue I had was filtering out incoming spam. I could never get the filters right to mitigate the number of false positives and false negatives. I missed too many important emails from being too aggressive with filters.

Show threadshomApr 20, 2025
@iamemmajoy Ugh yeah, spam! It's just email is so important that it's hard to want to take that risk. Might try learning more with a secondary domain. For now I use my own domain with protonmail.
@aj