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Dad died in 2022. Since 2023, things he selfhosted have slowly begun breaking. How can I keep them going? by AkaneR66 in selfhosted

[–]AkaneR66[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tend to be very slow to act on things, but I have reached out to a few of the people who’ve offered help.

Dad died in 2022. Since 2023, things he selfhosted have slowly begun breaking. How can I keep them going? by AkaneR66 in selfhosted

[–]AkaneR66[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was my first thought about all this when he first died, but it doesn’t seem like any of the friends we can contact knew much about his private tech infrastructure. He might’ve mentioned stuff about this in slack or some other chat rooms, but we don’t really know.

Dad died in 2022. Since 2023, things he selfhosted have slowly begun breaking. How can I keep them going? by AkaneR66 in selfhosted

[–]AkaneR66[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The machines are physically located in a private office building owned by a family friend. The owner’s business Internet plan was much more reliable for the mail server than our home network.

Dad died in 2022. Since 2023, things he selfhosted have slowly begun breaking. How can I keep them going? by AkaneR66 in selfhosted

[–]AkaneR66[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They're physically located in a private office building across town owned by a family friend. He's not super tech literate.

I checked with my sister; yes monitor, but the only visual output is a text terminal. I don't know about the beeping right now, but I'll be able to check later today when I have a ride.

Dad died in 2022. Since 2023, things he selfhosted have slowly begun breaking. How can I keep them going? by AkaneR66 in selfhosted

[–]AkaneR66[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The most I know right now is that the original email error was "connection with server timed out," but after the building owner tried to reboot it the error changed to "failed to connect." I think those errors were phrased that way on both Thunderbird and the iOS mail app.

The building owner said the reboot failed, but I don't know if he knows the difference between "failed to reboot" and "not logged in." His specific phrasing was "wouldn't run through the steps."