Hello friends!
My first attempt at a selfhosting project is up and running.
My goal was to make a private email and calendar system for my family. As it is private, as in we only email each other, I don’t have to worry about delivery blocks or spam. The system needs to support 12 users. Turned out it was easier than I though it would be!
Here is my stack:
- Thinkpad T480 with 64G ram and 1tb ssd
- Windows Server 2022 eval
- MailEnable Standard Edition which is free software from Australia https://www.mailenable.com/standard_edition.asp
- Thunderbird Mobile https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/mobile/
Right now we are using the native android calendar app but I would love suggestions for a better calendar app.
Happy Hosting!
That’s awesome. Doesn’t it feel good when everything works?
It really gripes me that Thunderbird hasn’t released an iOS compatible app.
There is a lot of discussion whether to leave the battery in when using a laptop as a server. I think the consensus is that you cap the charge at 60% to 80%. Sometimes the configuration for this is in your BIOS, and sometimes you have to do it manually if possible. The reasoning being, so you aren’t constantly charging the battery to it’s max limit and causing a ‘spicy pillow’ which would be a fire hazard.
Rock on with yo’ bad self bro!
I don’t think laptops are much of a concern - virtually every laptop on the planet spends 90% of it’s time plugged in.
All of mine have since the mid-90’s (back then that really shortened NiCd life).
Since they’ve gone lithium I’ve had probably 20 laptops (with multiple running since 2019 as hosts) and seen one spicy pillow - and that was on a year old machine.
My newest machines have charge limit on by default in the hardware. I assume they all do these days as it would reduce support/warranty calls.
Good to keep an eye on them because it can happen to any battery, I just don’t think it’s a huge concern.
As we age, we become intensely aware of our mortality and the cost of replacing things. :)
Thanks!
It does feel great to be able to provide something like this for my family and to know that i control the data. For the thinkpad, I’ll look into the options when I have a bit more time. For now I took the battery out. Thanks for the tip!
Hellz yeah! Git sum.