email

In Sending Email, we learned how to get email from our server and onto the Internet using Mailgun. Now we will learn how to receive and store email. Luckily I covered a lot of the technical aspects of email deliver in that post, so this one will be more straightforward. Why Bother? Porkbun provides free email forwarding for up to five users, so why not just use that? For low-volume personal uses this is a fine solution. [Read More]

In Project: Virtual Private Server, we leveraged our existing Linux skillset to build a VPS, install a WordPress stack on it, point our DNS appropriately, and establish an SSL certificate to secure traffic to and from our new website. Awesome! There’s one more thing you’ll need for any modern website — email. If you’re planning to interact with your users, you need a way to get messages to and from them. [Read More]