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How to Build a Secure Homelab SMTP Relay with Postfix and SMTP2GO

How to Build a Secure Homelab SMTP Relay with Postfix and SMTP2GO

This guide creates one private SMTP endpoint for servers, printers, UPS appliances, monitoring tools, and applications. Internal devices send simple SMTP to Postfix; Postfix authenticates securely to SMTP2GO for internet delivery. It is part of a three-article series: * Why I moved my homelab SMTP relay from Microsoft 365 to

How to Relay Homelab Email Through Microsoft 365 with Postfix and a TLS Certificate

How to Relay Homelab Email Through Microsoft 365 with Postfix and a TLS Certificate

This guide builds a private Postfix SMTP relay that accepts mail from trusted internal devices and sends it through Exchange Online using a certificate-authenticated inbound connector.

How to Install Ghost in an Ubuntu LXC Container

How to Install Ghost in an Ubuntu LXC Container

Ghost is an open-source publishing platform designed for blogs, newsletters, and online publications. It provides a clean writing experience without requiring the collection of plugins commonly associated with other content-management systems. This guide walks through installing Ghost in an Ubuntu LXC container using Ghost’s officially supported production