hi everyone,

I was just about to self-host a Ghost blog but then was warned that my ISP might change my external IP address at any time, so I would need to pay for a static IP address.

Is that true?

(I’d not seen much about that in stuff I’ve looked up so far about self hosting)

  • 3dcadminAEnglish
    3·
    19 hours ago

    I run an smtp relay exactly for that kind of stuff with emails. Clients still like wordpress and this is easy to use, many other will accept an smtp relay/service like say gmail (the first one I could think of)

    • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
      2·
      19 hours ago

      Yeah that’s another option as well… Services like dynu.com or smtp2go.com do exist… but you have to pay for them and there is a risk that the service can open/read your messages.

      • 3dcadminAEnglish
        1·
        19 hours ago

        chance you take with pretty much everything you don’t control. I do use as much as I can to protect emails (not that much really)

        • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
          1·
          19 hours ago

          Well yes… but if you’re goal to self-host is to control your data, it’s a bit counter productive to use those relays services that inject that problem right back into your setup again.

          Edit: I’m not necessarily arguing… just putting the information out there that the services exist, but might not be a good fit.

          • 3dcadminAEnglish
            1·
            18 hours ago

            oh yeah - but I don’t recommend anyone really self host an smtp server… many many issues right there especially as most isps block the ports required and the IP addresses are often blocked as well. Just use a service and don’t spam and all should be well (so don’t get sending newsletter emails all the time)