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  • I’ve had a good experience with RamNode, and very little limitations in what I can do.

    They used to be headquartered in Atlanta, GA (with servers in all major countries/cities) but were recently bought out by another slightly larger provider. I haven’t had any negative experiences since the buy out.

    https://ramnode.com/

    I have 3 minecraft servers running on one VPS at RamNode (it’s a dedicated server, not shared). One is vanilla, one is a heavy tech mod, and the other is a heavy RPG mod. People come and go all the time, no issues. $50/month, though. Note that minecraft is not the only service running on it. It gets very heavily utilized for many, many things.

    RamNode will kick you in the ballsac if you try pirating with them, though.








  • What in the hell? Been trying to search for what this could be, but I can’t find any definitive information!

    My initial guess, it has something to do with off-gassing in lead-acid batteries? Or maybe something to do with electrolysis?

    If you happened to snap a pic of the backside connections, I’d be curious to see 'em.



  • I don’t think the SPF / DKIM / DMARC stuff is overly complex nor the core of the problem.

    It’s not the core of the issue, but the average joe that is a hobbyist self-hoster it will be.

    IMO, the core issue is that there is no standard whatsoever. People just do whatever the hell they want with these records, pretty much. Microsoft and Google do it differently than each other, even.

    The only solution for me is that we move on from email as a society.





  • Yea, if you are not willing to be meticulous about learning/understanding all the DNS stuff (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), and plan to host this at home, don’t.

    I ran this same system for a very long time on a VPS and had no problems with blacklists, but I’m also a career systems engineer that maintained enterprise systems and exchange servers.

    Also note how I am speaking of MIAB in the past tense…

    I think the better option is to try and avoid email as much as you can, just like SMS. Outdated tech and not secure. At that point, any ol’ existing email service is good enough.