[QUESTION] How do instances that use platforms such as Lemmy send verification, password reset, etc. e-mails? Do they use SMTP or some external service that provides an API?

asudox@lemmy.world · edit-2 5 months ago

[QUESTION] How do instances that use platforms such as Lemmy send verification, password reset, etc. e-mails? Do they use SMTP or some external service that provides an API?

TheOneCurly@lemm.ee · 5 months ago

Yep Lemmy uses SMTP and in my experience most self-hostable platforms do as well. You can see in the Lemmy config documents how it gets set up: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/administration/configuration.html.

Joshix@fosspri.de · 5 months ago

@Asudox my mastodon connects with smtp to a locally running sendmail which then forwards the messages signed with dkim

asudox@lemmy.world · 5 months ago

Is running a SMTP server a pain in the ass? Like hard to maintain?

darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 months ago

Yes, it is.

I’ve been running my own mail server for decades now (a quite odd hobby, I know) and that’s not to be recommended for anyone who doesn’t have a particular interest in e-mail. SMTP is from the early 1980s with roots in the 1970s and has had layer upon layer bolted on since then. It’s a fantastic mess.