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 cyclohexane@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] chromozone@lemmy.chromozone.dev 3 points 2 years ago

If you have Cloudflare you can set up an email alias for incoming email and then create a secondary Gmail address on top of your existing one if you go to 'Settings > Accounts and Import > Send mail as' and add another email address (not an alias). You will likely need to create a Gmail app password if you use 2FA.

If done it this way for a few services beyond Lemmy and it's worked well so far. This way you're also using a Gmail account technically so you can hopefully avoid blacklists and spam filters.

this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023

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