@homegrown One such example of a generated and hosted site is this one:https://posty.1sland.social/@[email protected]/(Who consented to allowing me to share this as a demo for Posty).Be sure to click on a few hashtags.

@homegrownOh and yes, before someone inevitably asks, yes, my mail is regularly delivered successfully to gmail accounts all the time.

You don't need to be rich or technically skilled to start your own server on Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse."Managed hosting" means a company hosts your server and also does everything technical for you behind the scenes. You pay them a small monthly fee which covers everything.I've done a guide to setting up a Mastodon server through managed hosting for non-technical people: https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-stepsMost of this guide applies to creating any type of Fediverse server.#FediTips

You can start your own E2EE messaging server very easily and cheaply via @snikket_im, they are trying to make XMPP more user-friendly and easy to set up: https://snikket.orgXMPP (also often called Jabber) is the original open messaging standard, sort of like the Fediverse but for messaging. Just like on the Fediverse, people on one XMPP server can talk to people on other XMPP servers.If you just want to sign up without making a server, try https://joinjabber.org #XMPP #Jabber

Hey Mastodon admins!Have any of you got recent experience of running a server in Limited Federation Mode? Is it still broken when trying to use the official Mastodon apps? Does it work okay with third party apps?There's a tips page about this topic at https://biosphere.wilmarigl.de/en/?p=3171 but it hasn't been updated in a couple of years, wondered if the app situation had improved at all?#MastoAdmin #FediAdmin

Hey, welcome new followers! There are three ways of running your own online services & servers:EASIEST: Use a managed hosting service, it does all the technical stuff for you. More info at https://growyourown.servicesMODERATELY TECHY: Use special software that makes installing your own services much easier. More info at https://yunohost.org, https://freedombox.org & https://libreserver.org VERY TECHY: Install & maintain totally manually using official software docs.#SelfHosting