I’m almost ready with my lemmy instance server. Now what are some steps that are definitly worth doing after setup?

  • Salamander@mander.xyz
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    2 years ago

    consider using an email delivery service like jetmail instead of sending mail directly from the instance

    Why is this better? To overcome spam filters, or is there some security risk associated with e-mails?

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      2 years ago

      Better delivery and avoids exposing your IP via emails, although it’s best to setup a some sort of tunnel to avoid having that problem altogether.

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        2 years ago

        Better delivery and avoids exposing your IP via emails, although it’s best to setup a some sort of tunnel to avoid having that problem altogether.

        Is it possible to have a public-facing instance without exposing your IP? I am not sure I understand that part, and I am very interested in understanding how to achieve that.

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          2 years ago

          Yes, you tunnel all your traffic through cloudflare. Google “Cloudflare tunnel”.

          Whatever people say about cloudflare, right now it’s a necessity if you manage a public facing server and don’t have the resources to avoid DDoS attacks.

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            2 years ago

            Thank you! I will look into cloudfare, what people say about it, and what resources are necessary to avoid DDoS attacks without it!