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Re: "Some (stupid?) questions about misfin"
I don't remember where, but i'm aware of a tilde that also hosts misfin maybe it's institute? In terms of self-hosting, your server is also the client if you decide to go private single-user. You have a gembox directory in your servers main folder that you can use the program commands to then read from and edit accordingly.
You can also use a VPS solution, like myself, if you don't have an ISP or IP available that will both stay static and publicly seeable to anybody from the machine you're broadcasting from. Otherwise, you should be able to set your DNS configured to your IP that you have the server running from and depending on username and hostname, your inbox should be live by then.
Jun 11 · 2 months ago
😎 flipperzero · Jun 11 at 20:47:
Last thing, that if you do decide to do a public instance, that it is no longer necessary by that point to do anything by the cli program as it will be run as a daemon service from which you can use the gemini frontend (much like with my hashnix instane) to do all your messaging and etc.
OK, that's enough from me, hopefully everything I've detailed has been helpful and has provided some context as to how to get all this stuff working on the chance you wanted your own go. Aside from that, there should be public instances available which allow you to interact with misfin.
Any more questions you have, feel free to hit me up at userfxnet@hashnix.club with anything else in mind :D
Thanks @flipperzero. I think there won't be any major updates for a while.
Some (stupid?) questions about misfin — What is the best way for me to get started? I am using a tilde account, so the obvious limitations apply. Can I get a misfin address somewhere else and use a misfin client? Obviously I would need to trust the provider. What is the intended way to use it for those who can't run a server at a fixed socket address? What is the normal way to use it? You run your own server, and access it with a client which -- grabs messages to cache them locally? Can...