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  • Hi. I used to run a mail server around ten years ago and started running it again last year.

    I have three receive mail domains and one mail domain that does both. It is /so/ much harder now.

    1. One domain that I let lapse for a few years is currently being impersonated by various servers.
    2. There are periodic and frequent attempts to login via compromised credentials
    3. Domain and IP reputation is a thing now.

    The first challenge is to find a server that will let you host email but that isn’t on a spam list. Some spam lists you can apply to get off, some you can’t.

    Then you have Microsoft. With Google you get thrown into spam. With Microsoft, your email just doesn’t make it. Their support is non existent.

    I switched servers three times and took another month to get to Microsoft hosted inboxes. And your email is useless without Microsoft due to all the businesses that use Microsoft as a mail provider

    And then if you use the mail app on iOS you quickly discover that you have to manually refresh because just on iOS, the mail app doesn’t support imap push or whatever it’s called.

    I still haven’t found a good SELF hosted solution. There are third parties you can use but I don’t want to do it. There used to be a few popular solutions but development went off and on so some distros dropped it.

    I’m still on Google and Apple calendar because I haven’t found a solution for that.

    Of course there are solutions that encompass it all, but I am running postfix and dovecot and finally got it stable so I’m not running mailcow or whatever…








  • You need a pilots license to fly an airplane at all. To fly in less than optimal conditions (ie fog) you need an IFR endorsement. You can get other endorsements like sea place, multi engine, high powered, etc.

    To fly for payment at all you need a commercial pilots license. To fly a consumer airline, you need an ATP endorsement.

    Depending on what type of license you have (private, commercial, ATP), you need pass a certain class of medical exam. Your license also dictates how often your medical needs to be renewed.

    To achieve a PPL ( in the US) you need to pass a checkride and a written exam. You also need to pass a check ride for your instrument endorsement. I have no idea if you need to pass a written exam for a CPL, but you definitely need a check ride for that. And your ATP.

    You also need to pass an annual mechanical inspection for your personal plane. For commercial it’s ever X hours ( I think it’s 1000?). No idea for ATP

    Beyond that, you can lose the ability to fly your plane if the FAA or manufacturer identifies a defect in your plane and you have yet to get it fixed by the required procedure.

    Did I mention it’s 40 hours flight hours minimum for a PPL and 1500 for ATP?

    Oh and there are preflight checklists to verify that your plane is in working order BEFORE flight.

    Thats all to say, flying is much much more stringent than riding a motorcycle.

    Sure there’s a big difference between 40 and 1500 hours, but no matter how you slice it, there are greater pains to making sure flying is safer than driving