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I configured two servers but there is a caveat

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Or actually two caveats.

First, and the biggest one, is that I don’t have contacts to test them with, and all I have that is only a bit of experience of setting them up. One is chatmail (Delta Chat) server. And it have a gotcha that if I will make this address public, anyone, including bots and bad actors can register, and I am not versed in all that whether it has any UI to show list of registered accounts and moderation function like block a bad actor or an IP range. Or at least I don’t know how this done by chatmail admins.

Other thing is that I configured a Matrix server, but to be honest I don’t have people to chat with as I am not very social by nature. It all sort of “how complex it would be to spin off a Matrix server on my domain in 2026?”. So I got an answer, and now I have it.

But these servers now, as I see, sort of unused and dormant. What I will do with all that? Who knows. It may require some time and a spark to find a use to all this.

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2 responses to “I configured two servers but there is a caveat”

  1. roughnecks Avatar
    roughnecks

    @magical_cat there is no spam issue with deltachat, because contacts must verify themselves and everything is encrypted.

    The worst case scenario is that your server gets some unused accounts, which will also be automatically removed at some point.

    You'd better read some docs 👍

  2. nokke Avatar
    nokke

    @magical_cat I run a relay (publicly known, but not on the official list) and nobody (spammers) ever bothers it, just the usual SSH brute force login attempts (I use fail2ban on the ssh port of the relay).

    The process to create an account requires "doing work" (setting up the keys, etc.) and not just the traditional "make login, send spam". There are technical hurdles which sort of stop spammers from even trying. (so far, yet, etc.)

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