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  • Yes Matrix is not compatible with AP. Just a fact, not a judgment.

    Well, matrix is supposedly open but it’s driven by the company behind it and there is no real way to further advance the standards without the company agreement. The foundation is more a facade than e steering committee, not even the source code is managed by the foundation.

    But again, I use matrix myself so I am not shitting matrix, just pointing out some stuff about it.



  • Matrix is not fediverse. Matrix is created and controlled by a private company, which mask itself as acceptable by using a placeholder “foundation” that’s just a puppet.

    Luckly matrix is based on a bunch of “standards” so there are alternative implementations like Continuwuity (also written in rust and pretty fast) instead of Synapse, Fluffy Chat instead of Element-x and so on.

    But no, matrix is not fediverse, it’s not compatible and will never be (my opinion) because the commercial entity behind the matrix standards has no intention to open up that much the matrix ecosystem.

    Yeah, it’s not that good as it seems. Still, I believe it’s the best option and the most mature.



  • I self host on my domain and on my renter hardware (not from home I mean) since probably 20 years. Changed ip a few times due to provider replacement and rented hardware upgrade, but I never had issues whatsoever, at least serious.

    Whoever complains about self host mail didn’t setup dkim/dmarc/SPF/proper DNS entries or is using some residential address pool, because really nobody filters you that much. I also self host mail for newer domains and again never had issues.

    I had issues with an idiot sending spam from his account (relatives, the worst) but I banned him and unblocked my domain once, never had the issue twice.

    I recently updated my wiki with all my instructions here https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=email%3Astart

    I wrote it for me, to remember what I did, but thought it might be useful for others. All bare metal, no containers, you learn what you do.