Guillotine Jones, Flâneur1d ago
Okay brilliant and accomplished Mastodonians and Fediversians, it;'s time I consult the hive mind about self-hosting.
I've started to read up on this topic, but I haven't seen a clear answer to THIS question yet:
If I self-host from a desktop computer, must I keep it on all the time, or can I turn it off when I'm doing other things.
Specifically, will incoming emails get lost if they can't be delivered in a timely fashion?
My thanks again to all you wonderful souls.
#SelfHosting #FediverseHiveMInd
Show threadcircus_maximus

@Guillotine_Jones When it come to emails, remote servers delivering mails to your might get picky. On/off for a mailserver is nothing I'd suggest even though SMTP can cope wit unreliable connections.

Starting with the basics can give you a glimpse what you have to keep in mind, for example hosting your own tandoor server (just a guess from my side, I dont use it). From there on arise questions about connectivty (local only, vpn, remote HTTPS access), where and how to host.You might touch... 1/2

Apr 1 at 8:04pmWeb
Show threadcircus_maximus23h ago

@Guillotine_Jones 2/2 a varying amount of these buzzwords. Some of them will solve problems you have never thought of, and some may solve problems you'll never have 😉

When you're about to expose things to the internet you should have some basic knowledge about what you're doing otherwise in the worst case your data or even your network may get compromised