Don't use Outlook for non-Outlook email services. Problem solved. I am required to use Outlook for my work email, but I keep all of my personal email separate, accessed with FOSS email clients.
Care to elaborate on the significant downsides?
If Hugo stops working down the line, you can compile your markdown with something else. Simple is king!
My OpenBSD operating system on my laptop is set to randomize my MAC address at every boot.
OpenBSD
Doesn't work with Javascript blocked.
Not my experience at all. Once my OpenSMTPD mail server was set up 3 years ago, the only time I spend on it is updates (like 20 minutes per year). Setup did take some time, but it was totally worth it to me.
I just finished upgrading my three machines with ~~no problems~~; some issues with updating packages. May be wise to wait so that repositories are synced..
Makes sense for interoperability with other scripts. Thank you.
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Decent used laptops are quite affordable. I recently scored one on Ebay for under $100. It runs Linux and everything is snappy.
OpenSMTPD. I run a private mail server for family, and it works flawlessly. No maintenance aside from backups and occasional OS upgrades. https://poolp.org/posts/2019-09-14/setting-up-a-mail-server-with-opensmtpd-dovecot-and-rspamd/