How to create your own SMTP server in 20 minutes
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npm install $stuff
$stuff runBut thanks for the comment, I will try to keep that in mind.
Cheers!
But I don't think "create" is the right word to use here. Maybe set up? Configure?
Yikes. If I did need to use Haraka for some reason (why is it better btw?), I'd run it on a high port using an MTA with a long security stability track record (like postfix) as a frontend queueing MX.
Without generalising, HN tends to be more frank in dissecting the novel aspects of a post.
Maybe there is some compelling reason to use Haraka, but I wouldn’t know, because the author doesn’t seem willing to bother actually writing a post that contains any non-trivial information.
Moreover, the title is misleading. I was hoping it would be about implementing a simple SMTP server (though 20 minutes is a little tight for that I suppose), which actually would have been interesting, unlike this article.
The last section is really precious: “What would you create with Haraka?”
Oh I dunno, a mail server? I wasn’t aware that email was such a novel and innovative technology that I needed a prompt in order to even consider the infinite possibilities.
Looking at this guys other post, it almost seems like some blog spam MTurk job.. His articles are very short and very bad. One is a summary about graphene, with all the facts lifted off wikipedia, another is about how to use a geolocating service (lemme guess, you make a GET request to their api?), and one is basically about how to create a Digital Ocean droplet..
If you know more, try sharing some of what you know, so we can all learn. If you don't want to do that or don't have time, it's fine to not post anything. If you think an article is bad, move on to something that you like better. Tearing other people and their work to shreds just poisons the commons.