This curated list of links contain deeper explanation about May First services, useful references to details about May First servers, configuration details, system limits and selected tutorials.
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Managing your membership contacts
What services are available on May First infrastructure?
How do I transfer my digital resources from my current host to May First?
[How does May First decide which services it provides?]
How and why disk space quotas are set
What is the "new infrastructure" and why are we moving to it?
Introduction to the May First control panel
Services that can be managed through the control panel
Control panel item status reference
How to read the Disk Quota Monitor
[How do usernames work at May First?]
[Why do users depend on hosting orders?]
How do May First mailboxes and email addresses work?
Migrating email to May First
[Webmail interfaces at May First]
How does Spam filtering work on May First email servers?
What is the difference between POP and IMAP email?
What is Greylisting?
About May First mailing lists
What should I know about the upgrade to our email mailing lists (mailman version 2 to version 3)?
[Planning a website migration]
[How websites run under separate users on May First shared hosting servers]
[How do automatic website upgrades work?]
[How does May First nginx caching server work?]
Why can't I run a Docker (or other type of) application via my hosting order?
What is the difference between MySQL and MariaDB?
[What is two factor/multi factor authentication?]
[Secure messenger recommendations]
How is my data protected on May First servers?
How we respond to DCMA and other legal actions
History of legal incidents and public responses
Learn about Nextcloud
Why use Nextcloud?
What are Nextcloud circles?
[How does end to end encryption in Nextcloud work?]
Why create a special Nextcloud user for sharing files with a group?
Recommended Nextcloud circle configuration options
About the Domain Name System at May First
What is a domain name registrar?
What are DNS nameservers?
What are DNS records?
Ẃhat are TTL values?
Why May First is not a domain name registrar
What is a DMARC record? Do I need one?