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> this setup still relies on Mozilla infrastructure for several surrounding services for auth, email, Why does email rely on mozilla infra?
by zx8080 2y ago
> this setup still relies on Mozilla infrastructure for several surrounding services for auth, email,
Why does email rely on mozilla infra?
- wtallis 2y agoMozilla's email-related service is https://relay.firefox.com/ https://relay.firefox.com/ which obviously needs to rely on quite a bit of Mozilla infrastructure in its default incarnation, and is probably a fair bit harder to self-host than Firefox Sync.
- zx8080 2y agoIs Mozilla Relay (email) really needed for Sync? Never used Sync, so maybe I don't understand something. But does not sound safe to put all eggs into this busket at once.
- 3np 2y agoRelay is unrelated to that conversation.
- 3np 2y agoThat is also unrelated. Firefox Sync itself requires Mozilla Accounts to function at all, which requires email for verification and password reset. To properly self-host Firefox Sync you need those parts too, which includes an SMTP server (or substitute).
- 3np 2y agoThe other way around. Server-side email verification for accounts and password-reset is an integrated part of the flow and also needs to be hosted and wired up, unless you want to dig into the code and patch those parts out.