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I know of NameCheap's Private Email but they don't really support the functionality I seek and need: being able to have 1 account divided into, say, 5 or 10 mailboxes, say 2-3GB of storage for each of them, and have, say, 5 people access the same 1 given mailbox with their own login credentials (which is kinda why mailboxes exist to begin with, because sharing creds is not wise as we know). Also, I need to be able to sync that email solution's calendar with my google calendar and with my windows account calendar, if this makes sense

Do you guys recommend any in particular?

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Is it recommended to set up an own mail server? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Ok_Exchange_9646@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Is it useful to have your own mail server as a non-business? Just a private person. Configure SMTP and IMAP for it, sync with outlook I think.

Yay or nay, waste of time? What are your thoughts?

OpenVPN isn't working properly by Ok_Exchange_9646 in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[-] Ok_Exchange_9646@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I just did some troubleshooting and now the issue seems to have been resolved except why does it take about a couple of minutes for the synced network share to update its content on the client computer even tho a successful VPN connection has been established over a remote network?

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OpenVPN isn't working properly (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Ok_Exchange_9646@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Can someone tell me why is it that when I connect to my NAS via OpenVPN from a remote network, once the profile with the correct signature has been imported, even tho I disconnected from the VPN, now I can access the network shares even without the VPN's active connection?

Shouldn't disconnecting from the VPN render this impossible long as the VPN connection isn't active?

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What's the most automated way deploy a system image in a HOME environment? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Ok_Exchange_9646@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Home, non-AD environment. SCCM, Ivanti DSM don't work since this isn't a business environment. Intune also isn't feasible I think.

I have so far done it via NTLite and an answer file.

Second question:

Does anyone happen to know if I can make the answer file set up a RANDOMIZED user (admin) account during the image deployment? Normally you're asked to create a user (admin) acc in the middle of the windows deployment process. I know the answer file can set up a given user or multiple but idk if you can make the answer file RANDOMIZE the user account name and password / deployment... Would putting an * asterisk in >USERNAME< do it?

What's the most automated way of deploying a system image? by Ok_Exchange_9646 in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[-] Ok_Exchange_9646@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Do I inject the csv file into the image like I would a script? Will the csv file be read immediately after the answer file? AFAIK the answer file is always read first

What's the most automated way of deploying a system image? by Ok_Exchange_9646 in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[-] Ok_Exchange_9646@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I also use the autounattended answer file but my point is I still have to create a user and wait for the post install scripts to complete upon first logon

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What's the most automated way of deploying a system image? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Ok_Exchange_9646@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I know about MDT, WDS

The way I do it is I create a super generalized image via NTLite and powershell scripts and I deploy it on the system. I do have to create a user account manually in the middle of the process, tho, and wait for the scripts to run post-install upon first logon

Can it be more automated than this? How do companies do it?