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If you want to host and manage your own Lemmy instance but are intimidated by the technical requirements, I can help! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am a software developer by craft and a linux system admin by hobby. I cannot commit to moderating and managing my own instance, but I would be glad to help someone with the technical aspects.

The most common complaint I saw in Reddit and here about switching to Lemmy is the difficulty of setting it up, so I thought I would help bridge this gap.

While I have never hosted my own instance before, I already checked the setup guide and it looks pretty simple to me, so I am confident I can do it. Please feel free to comment or DM.

It would be great if you can comment general questions. I can then respond to you here and maybe others will see it and know how to host their own instances too.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A lot of VPS providers block port 25 (and other email ports) because they don't want people to set up bot spam mail servers on their services. Could that be the issue?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm using a VPS with Hetzner. I'll have to look up if it's blocked. Thanks for the info.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'm in the same boat and confirm that yes, port 25 is blocked.