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I run my web, email and some other stuff off a cheap end DO droplet for $5/month. Can't say I've had any problems other than availability of droplets in Amsterd
by csmuk 13y ago
I run my web, email and some other stuff off a cheap end DO droplet for $5/month. Can't say I've had any problems other than availability of droplets in Amsterdam. I'm in the UK but have a VM in NY2. To be fair the latency feels about the same as our production kit which is 7 miles from my house, not 3460 miles. DO is less hops as well.
- junto 13y agoWhat are you using for email? Did you find a good install guide?
- breakall 13y agoI don't know about the GP, but I used the "How To Install iRedMail On Ubuntu 12.04 x64"[1] guide on Digital Ocean's community site and was pretty successful in setting up my mail server, complete with postfix, dovecot, spamassasin, greylisting, ssl/tls, webmail, etc. 1. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-iredmail-on-ubuntu-12-04-x64 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-insta...
- csmuk 13y agoI wrote it up the other day conveniently. Here you go: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6750630 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6750630 Basically, mutt, postfix, procmail.