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Föderation EN Mi 07.01.2026 14:30:05

New @delta / instance is now up at vinculum0.net

Powered by Hetzner in Europe.

Admin is -

* toot.io/@mwaters
* mwaters.net/deltachat

Föderation EN Mi 07.01.2026 15:38:57

@vinculum0 @delta powered by a fascist hoster. No thanks.

Föderation EN Mi 07.01.2026 19:01:09

@vinculum0 thanks for putting up one more server. Is there a way to be chosen randomly by people installing for the first time?

I'd be curious what your experiences are after a year or so; daily users, bandwidth–, storage– and hosting costs.

Thanks for putting it up! 🤗

Föderation EN Mi 07.01.2026 19:10:15

Hey @mray

No worries , happy to help decentralise the network a little.

I guess it is somewhat like the fediverse where most people sign-up on the main mastodon instances to start with and then migrate elsewhere later.

If I can find these statistics then I'll happily post them.

So far it has cost 13.91 Euros / year for the domain name and 3.49 Euros / month VPS.

mwaters.net/405/

Föderation EN Mi 07.01.2026 21:01:13

@vinculum0 @mray we'll soon post more about the currenbt and upcoming multi-relay work. It seems btw that vinculum0 now federates nicely, great!
If you want to get added to the relay operators chat group, please drop us a DM with an invite link to a dc profile. cheers.

Föderation EN Do 08.01.2026 05:26:12

@delta

Thanks , that would be helpful as I learn more.

mwaters.net/contact/

Föderation EN Mi 07.01.2026 19:21:55

@vinculum0 nice! does it federate with other chatmail relays yet?

Föderation EN Mi 07.01.2026 19:35:29

@delta

Would lack of federation be indicated by the message "Establishing connection, please wait “ on the clients ?

Föderation EN Mi 07.01.2026 19:37:54

@vinculum0 yes, we also tried to setup a chat with an vinculum0 address and got that. maybe you can see something in the "journalctl -f" logs?

Föderation EN Mi 07.01.2026 19:48:59

@delta

It looks like Hetzner blocks port 25 and 465 by default for new VPSs.

I've asked for my servers to be unblocked.

Thanks for helping with the federation testing.

Föderation EN Mi 07.01.2026 21:03:45

@vinculum0 FTR, if you can "pip install cmping" you can run e.g. "cmping vinculum0.net bloc7.icu" to test interop with other relays.