When I left Twitter, I worried that it would impact my ability to make a living.
That worry was unfounded.
Would I be doing better if I was still on Twitter? Perhaps. But looking at my #ryoms visitors on Kickstarter, it's clear that the fedi is a more than adequate replacement.
(I am not interested in "running your own email is impossible," "email is a lost cause," or other comments from folks who are not running their own email.)
What hosting provider do you use? Bare metal or VM? #ryoms#sysadmin
Holy crap, "Run Your Own Mail Server" broke $30k while I was buying maple butter.
Financial goals are rather silly. I can't control how much money people spend. But I think I'd really like to have one thousand backers, just to get the information on how mail works out there. #ryoms#sysadmin
'I'm not objecting. If I had to choose between “annoy Postfix” and “annoy Dovecot,” I would become an intergalactic smuggler and borrow money from an sketchy mob boss.' #ryoms
What I AM objecting to is being forced to dig out my copy of "SQL for Dummies" to write this book. :flan_sick:
And having to dig into subtle package-building problems.
Anyway, 400 words on this book today. It's something, I guess?
Oh, right. SMTP is an acronym. I should define that. #ryoms
Also: the best way to drive home that mail is easily spoofable? For the netcat SMTP example to spoof mail. :flan_hacker:
You can sponsor my pain. This won't prolong said pain, except in the sense that I will meet my bills long enough to complete the SMTP suffering process.
One week until I have to start shilling the #RYOMS. Beat the rush! Sign up for the announcement and back it during the first hour, then you can mute the hashtag. :flan_flaneur:
I'll even make Rat Pancakes to encourage them to attend.
Backers of all levels get four books, the release party, and the (unfortunate) video of me doing the Happy Dance. Plus whatever stretch goals get unlocked in the remaining days.
I backed @mwl's Run Your Own Mail Server kickstarter. Self-hosted infrastructure is a lot of work but can also have a lot of benefit, and I hope Michael's book will help more people take the plunge (on FreeBSD of course 😀).
"History has repeatedly demonstrated that badly written shell scripts that process arbitrary email inflict suffering, so we won’t cover that configuration." #ryoms