de Paul Warren

Today I mourn the loss of Hermes, also known as “MyGuarded.name,” as it has been retired. The maintenance and time required to keep it working and move it around has gotten to me. I can’t keep it up any longer. There are just too many things I want to accomplish and maintaining an aging email system isn’t one of them.

History: I set it up, primarily, because I was getting too much spam and the one good anti-spam provider was inconsistently online. I then spent a good 1 month recreating the type of service I got there, but with much more reliability. I called it “Hermes” after the Greek god. “Messenger of the gods” seemed quite appropriate for this email system. Anyway, there were issues here and there, nothing I couldn’t fix. It has served me well and while I did still get a lot of spam, all of it went to the junk folder and not once did i get a piece of spam in my inbox. It was very effective at what it did.

And then it came time to move Hermes.

Side story: For those who noticed, I haven’t posted in almost a year. That was partially because I tried moving my website over to another server for a while now. I just couldn’t get the mail thing sorted out and until I switched over and retired Hermes, I was hesitant (or maybe it was procrastination) to post anything.

The setup was pretty specific and it started to become more than what it was worth to move it. I don’t have the time to maintain it anymore like I used to. I have about a gazillion ideas I want to get finished, many personal projects, spent time with friends and family… and well Hermes got the raw end of the deal. I figired it was time to hang up the gloves and convert to something with a little less maintenance.

It is time for a moment of silence on my part as I remember the times with Hermes. (Yes I’m aware it sounds like herpes.)