Hosting agreement
Hosting agreement version 0.1
between Irational.org (server collective) and TITiPI (collective user)
Definition & Limits of Hosting
Irational.org offers TITiPI the possibility to host their email service.
This service is not virtual. The Irational.org server space is shared, in terms of administration, socially and in terms of maintenance.
There will be no automated warnings or predefined storage limits.
The terms of this agreement are adjusted where necessary.
Technical set-up
Hardware: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B × 1 with WD Blue™ SA510 SATA SSD - 500GB Software/Protocols: Debian - Postfix - Dovecot - Alpine - Roundcube - IMAP - SMTP Location: Servus datacenter, Linz, Austria
Responsibilities
Irational.org takes responsibility for ensuring that users can contact other email users across networks, including the possibility to contact GAFAM services such as gmail
Users have the responsibility to protect themselves against viruses, and to use strong passwords
- Mutual support
There are no end-users. Even if levels of amassed knowledge wildly differ, we try to support each other to make the Irational.org server run as well as it needs to be.
Regular check-ins are scheduled between TITiPI and Irational.org; every three months at a minimum or as needed. This includes server housekeeping, caring for collective documentation, and updating this agreement.
Availability
This service does not want to be perfect. No 99.5% Mail server availability: endless redundancy is a waste
Disasters
Do happen. Both users and Irational.org keep back ups.
Privacy
The directory structure on Irational.org allows users to have general read access to each others' directories, as is the default in Linux. Users may change their own directory permissions for additional privacy. In this way, privacy is not technically enforced, but a matter of practice. The 'root' user is technically able to read other users' files, a capability that they do not exercise. Server users do not have any read access to others' email messages by default. These files have a more restrictive set of permissions than that of ordinary files. By default, mailservers store detailed metadata on every single incoming and outgoing email in the system logs. These logs can only be accessed by users with root access, and are used for debugging. We're in the process of considering the privacy implications of this logging and how to mitigate those.
Data retention
The involved parties plan to open a conversation with Servus concerning mutual responsibilities and procedures, what would happen in case of a police intervention for example, server visits, payments etc.
Optional Services
n/a
Caveat
The relationship between different agents involved in the hosting arrangement do not follow the usual hierarchical architecture of datacenter, serviceprovider and customer. Therefore, this arrangement might break when hitting legal limits, or unforeseen circumstances. We are in the process of figuring out contingency procedures.
Signature
Agreement signed November 2023
For Irational, Kate Rich
For TITiPI, Femke Snelting