Is there any reason to keep a service like mailgun if I don't have emails turned on for my instance and I won't be receiving new sign ups?
@BeAware probably not. But if you turn on emails in a year’s time and am confused that you don’t get any: will you remember that you deactivated Mailgun?
@michael Yes, because I pay for it currently :kek: can't forget paying for something and then not paying for it anymore.
The reason I ask is because obviously you can't add multiple mail DNS records, so I can't have an actual email with my domain to send and recieve things from because MailGun has it tied up....
@BeAware oh. I’m on their free plan.
Yes, you absolutely can send from multiple providers (combine SPF and have multiple DKIM records).
But you can only use one provider for receiving email. You probably don’t need mx records for Mailgun though, as Mailgun isn’t usually used for receiving email
@freeschool @michael I run my own instance (social.beaware.live) and when you create an instance you have to have an email that is able to be connected to Mastodon so that when a user requests a forgotten password or signs up (or any other reason mastodon would send emails) mastodon will send that email from your domain.
Since I am by myself, I don't have the need to receive emails besides the initial setup process.