I’m a computer and open source enthusiast from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
My guess is that some businesses get tax breaks from municipalities in exchange for filling office spaces with warm bodies. The idea is that people in office buildings support local businesses by buying lunch, and sometimes grabbing a pint after work.
I’m not trying to excuse this trend, in fact as an IT person myself I 100% agree with the sentiment, I’m just trying to share what I’ve been told.
Whoah, isn’t FUTO the non-profit that Louis Rossmann works for? This is great news!!
If this is their attitude to a clear self-inflicted fuckup, then that’s plenty reason for me to avoid them and their services. It’s not like their services were distinct in any way… just a dime in a dozen cloud provider.
Google reminds me more and more of Microsoft of the 90s. That’s exactly the kind of compatibility breaking asinine move MS would do 30 years ago. Sigh…
Interactive (i.e. end-users) Clients should be using OAuth instead of app passwords. This will allow your users to use their own Office365 credentials for SMTP.
For servers and non-interactive clients (e.g. copiers/printers/toasters/coffee makers) I would suggest something along the lines here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mail-flow-best-practices/how-to-set-up-a-multifunction-device-or-application-to-send-email-using-microsoft-365-or-office-365#compare-the-options
I was actually confused about your response to grahamsz@kbin.social… it seems like they have at least a basic understanding of how registrars vs. DNS hosts work.
WHOIS privacy? Porkbun does that for free for all TLDs that support it.
I don’t think I fully understand how what they offer isn’t “ownership by proxy”. I suppose they promise not to release your info if police ask for it? On the other hand, they technically own the domains you register through them, so if they get repossessed (e.g. through legal bankruptcy proceedings), whoever their new owner is, will presumably also own your domains…
I’m probably not seeing something here, but this all sounds sketchy to me.
Cloudflare sells domains at cost. So yes, cheaper than any other registrar (including NameCheap and Porkbun), except maybe those who sell domains at a loss as a promo to rope you in and then kill you on the renewals.
Integration into their stack is a nice side effect, but really inconsequential. You can have your domains registered with any registrar and have your DNS hosted by any DNS hosting provider. Heck, you can run your own DNS servers if you want to.
Technically they won’t. They won’t host OpenNIC TLDs, for example. However, you can have your domain registered with any registrar, and as long as you specify Cloudflare’s assigned DNS servers for your domain (DNSSEC records can be set too), you should be OK.
Huh? You mean you can’t separate the domain registrar from your DNS service provider?
I have my .ca domains on Porkbun, but DNS is hosted through Cloudflare. Porkbun supports DNSSEC records as well, so that’s not really an issue, just a few extra steps.
My order of preference for domain registrars is:
I seriously need to look into Paperless NGX. I’ve been hearing a lot about it.
All solutions that integrate with banking sites I’ve ever encountered were nothing more but ugly hacks, IMHO. I’m curious about FileThis, as I’d never heard if it before, and would also love a similar system.
Maybe a self-hosted document management system that can parse key info from credit card statement PDFs, such as the balance and due date? I somehow doubt that automated retrieval of statements is something that any commercial company, or open source project, can implement reliably. To this end, I’m not sure what’s worse; the financial industry, or the medical records industry. Both are stuck in the past and highly conservative.
That’s a pretty hefty solution. Gitlab is a monster nowadays…
GOGS, Gitea/Forgejo can do 90% of what Gitlab does and are much lighter.
https://www.spamcop.net/anonsignup.shtml
I’ve been using them to report spammers (including companies who can’t be bothered to fix their mailing list unsubscription mechanisms). It works by parsing mail headers, identifying the origin of the email and submitting email abuse reports to the operators of the relays that processed the unwanted email.