Run Your Own Mail Server: A Book for Independence & Privacy
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A book for the hard-core Unix sysadmin, by a fellow hard-core sysadmin with decades of experience running small mail servers.
Backers: 1966
Average Pledge Per Backer: $39
Funded: $76,883 of $1,000
Dates: May 20th -> Jun 9th (21 days)
Project By: Michael W Lucas
Backers: 1966
Average Pledge Per Backer: $39
Funded: $76,883 of $1,000
Dates: May 20th -> Jun 9th (21 days)
Project By: Michael W Lucas
$76,883
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 9 @ 20:03 -0400 GMT
7688%
of goal
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DOUBLE RELEASE PARTY 
June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
You dragged this past $75k. I'll do a double release party to make it easier for everyone to attend. There's so many of you, I'll be bringing in a moderator as well. Not the rats. They only moderate in treatspace. I need a thumb-beast moderator.... (Read More)
Upgraded Release Party
June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
This campaign has passed into absurdity. I found myself stumped for stretch goals, until inspiration struck in the middle of the night. Unfortunately I was asleep at the time, but inspiration is a jerk and wakes me up without hesitation. If this hits... (Read More)
You get a book! And YOU get a book! Everyone gets a book!
June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
All backers now get a free ebook of SSH Mastery. I've added a new "loss of author dignity" reward, and after that there's an ebook of Tarsnap Mastery. I want to say there's no way we'll reach those goals, but this crazy thing added twenty thousand... (Read More)
OpenPGP and Cackling
June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Some folks wanted both a print version and the OpenPGP-signed ebook. I've added the OpenPGP version as an add-on, so if you want you can get that. You took this thing past $60,000 this morning, so I owe you all a cackle. It seems that "cackling" is... (Read More)
About a day left, and there could be another book
June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
You'd think I'd stop being surprised at how well this is going. You'd really think that. But every time I see that 1,459 folks have backed this, I feel a little dizzy. The campaign ends tomorrow at 8 PM EDT, or 00:00 UTC. About 35 hours from now.... (Read More)
Everyone gets Sudo Mastery!
June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you! All backers will now get: Run Your Own Mail Server, in your chosen format Networking for Systems Administrators Ed Mastery $ git commit murder PAM Mastery Sudo Mastery, 2nd Edition Plus, of course, the video release party and an assortment... (Read More)
New Stretch Goal
June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
This campaign just broke $40,000? Wow. Just wow. And thank you! "When I distribute rewards, you'll have the option to get a copy of Savaged by Systemd." If it gets to $50,000, everyone will get a copy of "Sudo Mastery." Sudo can do things most... (Read More)
Free PAM for everyone!
May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
"PAM Mastery," that is. Pluggable Authentication Modules. Not people named Pam. A dear friend is named Pam, and she's arguably the least manageable person I know. How many different ways can I say "Thank you all. I appreciate your support?" You're... (Read More)
Yet Another Dang Stretch Goal Unlocked
May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
It's a silly one, sure, but you did it. I'll invite the pet rats to the online launch party, and even make Rat Pancakes to encourage them to attend. At the next stretch goal, everyone gets a copy of my book "PAM Mastery." If you have PAM mysteries or... (Read More)
New Stretch Goal, plus New Reward Levels: Two Print Books
May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
I've added a new stretch goal, where everybody gets an ebook of PAM Mastery. By request, I've added two new reward levels: "Two Paperbacks" and "Two Hardcovers." Shipping two books is only slightly more expensive than shipping one. If you order a... (Read More)
Happy Dance Video, and Next Goals!
May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
I'm trying to keep at least two locked stretch goals posted at all times, but y'all are making it hard! Maybe I need to put them further apart?We broke $20k. I'm stunned. Everyone gets a free copy of my cozy mystery $ git commit murder. What's a cozy... (Read More)
Next Stretch Goal Cracked!
May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Tomorrow, I'll post the video of my doing the Happy Dance. You bought it, don't blame me. We're approaching the next stretch goal, where everybody gets a copy of $ git commit murder. I've added a new stretch goal at $25k: I'll invite my pet rats to... (Read More)
Happy Dance and Cozy Murder
May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Two new stretch goals just went up: Happy Dance ($15k) and Still More Book ($20k). At this point, all backers get three books in ebook: Run Your Own Mail Server, Networking for Systems Administrators, and Ed Mastery. Extrapolating from one day of... (Read More)
Dignity is a Renewable Resource
May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Y'all've blown me away. Based on earlier Kickstarters, I thought six stretch goals would be sufficient. The last thirteen hours methodically destroyed my assumptions, and I've spent that time thinking hard about that. I've come up with some new... (Read More)
New Stretch Goal!
May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
The important thing: thanks to everyone who backed this. The real update: so, uh... I had no idea how this was going to go. I have done Kickstarters where the stretch goals were obviously too high, and they didn't fund, so on this one I waited to... (Read More)
Funded and first stretch goal crashed through?
May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
I'm arranging for an emergency vet visit this morning, so a super quick note to say:THANK YOU!I was concerned that this book might not work on Kickstarter. That's the nice thing about pessimism, you are either correct or pleasantly surprised. The... (Read More)
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