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1. opal hart (opal@ap.maladaptive.art)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 21:28:38 JST opal hart

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   • Moon
   • aetios
   @xian @Moon @aetios for dovecot it's just "where do you want your mail on disk, how do you want your mail stored [i think it's maildir by default, which is sane], and is /etc/shadow authentication enough for you" which it usually is, so you can just use your account password. i do that for my irl email since everyone on my irl box has a shell account anyway and i dont have to set up sql
   • opal hart (opal@ap.maladaptive.art)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 21:28:39 JST opal hart

     • Moon
     • aetios
     @xian @Moon @aetios well, there are several ways to set up email, which makes it complex but not difficult per se: http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html has links for common setups, and what most people think of when setting up a mailserver is sasl auth over submission(s) port, auth itself can be handled by dovecot since most people want imap as well, and then opendkim is brainless to set up because the same steps apply to everyone
     
     there are a bunch of ready-to-go solutions as well that even host webmail for you, but ive never tried any of them. yeah, basic knowledge of how email works is required for any of this, but it really is just piecing together a few components and then never touching the setup again unless you need something new. for very simple setups, you can forgo sasl authentication entirely and just relay from a specific ip address or range, and then use something sendmail-compatible or just your normal mail client assuming it supports skipping authentication. this is doable with a vpn address if you already have something like wireguard set up and you dont have static ips at home, or directly from your mailserver if you already access it regularly anyway
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