Ace, Dinner with Old Co-Workers, and Moving Off Rented Servers
Ace, dinner with old friends from work, and more moving things home.
Ace and dinner
I worked at Ace from 08:00 to 13:00. From 15:30 to 19:30 I met with former co-workers for dinner.
My mail server takes over
Yesterday I built my own mail server. Today my password vault, GitLab, my own apps and my remote support server all started sending through it instead of the outside service.
I also added two things to it. When a phone system sends a voicemail by email, my server can now write out what was said and put it in the email, for accounts that turn it on. And mail providers now send me reports about mail sent in my name, so I get a warning if someone tries to fake it.
I also applied the fixes from a security review of it.
Bringing rented servers home
I had two small servers rented from cloud companies. One ran my remote support server, the one I use to connect to clients' computers when they need help. The other ran a couple of management tools.
I moved both onto my own equipment today. Clients connect the same way they always did. Then I shut down both rented servers. I also shut down two more that used to run my BGP setup before it moved to Kansas City.
Other updates
I combined my phone system add-ons into one package: my branding plus a module that sends the phone system's email through my mail server. A test version is out.
Every JPPS web app now has its own icon instead of the same JPPS logo.
The weekly tech news post Hermes drafts for me is now called "Last week in tech" and covers the previous Monday through Sunday.