skulegirl

This was really slick and worked a charm for me.

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I kept subscribing to newsletters and not getting the confirmation emails. Turns out they were in my spam folder, because I forward my email from a custom domain to my gmail account, and that means SPF checks always fail.

I found for my own newsletter, sending from my verified domain solved the problem for forwarded emails, despite the fact that my marketing provider (ConvertKit) says not to send from your own domain until you're sending to 5000+ subscribers. I did a lot of research on how SPF, DKIM and DMARC work to understand why things were breaking and why marketing email providers seem to be all over the map on whether they suggest you use a verified domain and when.

Figured it was worth sharing, let me know what you think.

For the frugal traveller who wants to live in a van but move around (perhaps while developing your web app or similar), we've started a community where fellow RV'ers (or people who just like RVers) offer their driveways to others to camp on for a night or two for free - http://www.boondockerswelcome.com. We're going to start charging a small annual fee to cover our costs, but for $25/year you can travel all over the continent and park your van for free. Of course, this doesn't solve the bathroom or showering issue, as most people aren't opening up their bathrooms to their guests. But my mom (who has a small Roadtrek RV, which is really no bigger than a van and has no shower), has travelled for 5 months at a time getting by with showers in the occasional truck stop or an outdoor shower that she uses when they're parked in the forest. (There's also tons of free parking for RVs in US National forests BTW, plus lots of other spots. My mom writes e-books all about the free "boondocking" locations she's discovered complete with GPS co-ordinates and interesting nearby attractions - find them at http://www.frugal-rv-travel.com.)

I know that this comment reads like a big advert, but if hackers here are actually interested in living on the cheap while launching their bootstrapped startup, these are actually viable options.