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Setting Up a Mail Server with Chasquid and Dovecot – Part 2: Domains and Accounts
In my last post, I explained how I went about setting up a new email server using Chasquid and Dovecot. This post will build on that, so be sure to read that one first, if you haven’t already.Today we’ll look at what’s required to actually get mail delivered to the new server. We’ll first set […]
Moving a Multi-Volume btrfs File System to a New Machine
A few years ago, I set up a “franken-NAS” using an Atomic Pi (a single-board computer running an Intel Atom processor that was originally intended to be used in some type of robot), a USB3 hard drive “toaster,” and a couple of WD Red hard drives. When I set it up, I decided to use […]
Setting Up a Mail Server with Chasquid and Dovecot – Part 1: The Servers
Conventional wisdom says you shouldn’t try to run your own mail server. It’s difficult: as the percentage of email that is unwanted continues to grow, it becomes harder and harder to ensure that your legitimate messages are delivered. It’s difficult to build a reputation as a legitimate sender, and the tools needed to do that […]
Am I an Avid Reader Yet?
At the beginning of 2024, I gave myself a goal to read more. As a kid, I loved to read, but somewhere along the line, life happened, and aside from an occasional book here and there, I hadn’t really been reading much for several years. I decided to change that. I started off by making […]
Expanding the File System on a Le Potato with Raspberry Pi OS
I have a Libre Computer Le Potato single board computer that I bought during the pandemic when Raspberry Pi boards were pretty much impossible to get. It has turned out to be a great little machine that’s been so reliable that a year or so ago I decided to move some of my most important […]