thought of the circumstance that more effective advances of use of the generous shared tool of Delta-Chat start by having more control over ones email-server, it’s maybe good to have a topic on hints and shares in regard of how to gain such, set up and maintain, as it isn’t really easy as far as having been informed.
Maybe also inspiration to give even more into “small” community email servers, family, clubs, interest-groups, villages…schools, what ever, which is handle-able as long it stays privat and does not become an issue of telecommunication laws and dangers to host things one wouldn’t like.
It’s maybe unusuall to consider in a world where things are “free” suggested everywhere, but to give others a “home”, a place to store and find their belongings, is a very meritful deed. And if knowing your supporter it’s easier in regard of clear gratitude.
Mudita that good interests from mail-provider arises for DC, good master link2xt.
How ever, it’s thought of getting known ways of how to setup own email-server, which is of course not straight within the apps stuff currently but maybe a good aditional way to ‘escape’ Tech-giants in regard of dependency with server.
Mailcow is not an email provider, but a server suite consisting of Postfix SMTP server, Dovecot IMAP server and various additions. The goal of Mailcow project is exactly to make it easier to setup your own email server.
Sadhu for giving into, good adamzea.
Having been given such like postfx recently, my person could observe and heard that’s all but not so easy to setup that it works well, especially because larger provider would try to hsrden ways. What’s importand for the setup, settings?
The box with all that is on it will solve a lot of issues that you will run into having an email server on your own, e.g. getting a “Let’s encrypt” certificate, setting up a domain to only name a few.
It can really run in your home on any computer that can run a “Debian” Linux or you set it up on a Rasperry Pi as shown here: How To Set Up A FreedomBox At Home - Invidious
I wonder if it’s possible or if anyone has tried making a script to automate installing a Delta Chat specific server. You know, something like Pi-hole or PIVPN? I’ve seen others that include things that aren’t necessary to Delta Chat use such as webmail and web server additions. I feel like a script with IMAP/SMTP/TLS/DANE/SPF/DKIM/DMARC installers and instructions for DNS records to copy/paste and instructions for ports to open on a router could make DC specific servers really easy to set up. Maybe it could include a Jitsi Meet server for the video calls too, and a QR code generator to auto-setup Delta-Chat clients when a new user mailbox is created. (That’s something PiVPN.io does when creating Wireguard accounts if I remember correctly.)
There is a https://selfprivacy.org/ project which automates Nix setup with an email server and other services. SelfPrivacy developers specifically test it against Delta Chat.
Thought to merge interest and paths might be good:
Chatmail services optimized for Delta Chat apps
(The more such will be used, the more awareness toward use of resources, optimize traffic and memoryspace… (debt toward else or required own budget) might enter not only user of the many generosities or deals, but also promoter and those giving tools, access)
Maybe someone likes to give overviews of traffic, memory, cost, energy, administration … as well there.
