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May First/People Link Services

Common Hosting Services

This space outlines the services MF/PL members can access. The most common services members use on the MF/PL server infratstructure include:

• Websites. May First/People Link members can create any kind of web site they want, using SecureFTP to copy files over, or using our ​members control panel to instal a drupal or Mediawiki. You can also install by hand most other major web applications, like WordPress.

• Email. Despite claims that email is dead, our members use it and use it massively. You can add as many email accounts, and then check your email using your own email client on your phone or desktop computer, or you can use our ​webmail system.

• Email lists. Email lists are one of the most frequently requested services. You can create as many email lists as you want and make them public or private.

In addition to these common tools, we have many other services available to the public and to our members.

Extra Services

The following services are all available to all members (and some are open to the general public).

• Instant Messaging/Chat (xmpp). We run our own federated chat service. Any member with a valid May First/People Link user account can start using it immediately. Your handle is your username followed by @im.mayfirst.org. By using an open protocol, May First/People Link users can communicate with other services that also use the XMPP protocol. Our server supports text, video and audio! Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/ross

• Share documents. May First/People Link members can share and synchronize documents with other users through our owncloud service. In addition to sharing with your friends, you can synchronize the documents to your own computer or your phone and you can even synchronize your contacts and calendar. No need to synchronize your data to Google or Dropbox! Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/jamie

• Share spreadsheets. We also have a combination wiki + spreadsheet accessible via ​https://calc.mayfirst.org/. Anyone can use it to collaboratively and simultaneously work on spreadsheet documents. Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/jamie

• Social Networking. You won't find us on Facebook, but you will find us on ​https://social.mayfirst.org/, May First/People Link's social networking site. Unlike similar corporate services, social.mayfirst.org is federated - meaning you can be friends with people who are on other servers. There are hundreds of other sites running the samesoftware. Additionally, if you have a twitter account, you can configure your ​https://social.mayfirst.org/ account to resend all messages to your twitter account. Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/srevilak, ​https://id.mayfirst.org/jaimev

• Jitsi Meet. Do you want to have a video conference call? No need to install special software or pay for a skype account. You can do it with free software and just a web browser. For full directions, see our web conference page. If you are in a hurry, go straight to: ​https://meet.mayfirst.org/. Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/jamie

• Mumble. Need a simple, audio-only conference system that runs over low-bandwidth connection on Windows, Linux, Mac and even your android phone? Our mumble server is the way to go. Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/jaimev (see #10641)

• Icecast. Our icecast servers allow users to broadcast audio and video to a mass audience. You can use either of our two servers (​http://a.stream.mayfirst.org:8000/ or ​http://b.stream.mayfirst.org:8000/). Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/erq

Behind the scenes

The following services may not be immediately visible to most users are may be taken for granted, but they are nonetheless a critical part of our organization.

• We offer two different webmail services, one is called ​Horde (maintained by ​https://id.mayfirst.org/jamie) and the other is called ​Roundcube (maintained by ​https://id.mayfirst.org/srevilak).

• Trac. That the site you are looking at. It's our internal support tracking system. Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/dkg

• OpenPGP server. May First/People Link contributes to the global network of OpenPGP key servers with keys.mayfirst.org. This service isn't limited to just May First/People Link members, but is available to everyone on the Internet. Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/dkg

• The Members control panel allows members to update their hosting services. Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/jamie

• To enable members to login to various services with their existing username and password, we have a login service.

• Our OpenID server provides a single sign on to several web apps (​https://id.mayfirst.org/). maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/jamie

Experimental Services

These services are not recommended for general use because they are experimental:

• Mexcla. May First/People Link believes in language justice - the ability for everyone to speak in their chosen langugae. Toward this goal, we have developed a conferencing system that allows for simultaneous interpretation. The software, known as mexcla, can be accessed via the phone, voice over IP or via a web site. Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/jamie

• Live provides video conferencing via the web: ​https://live.mayfirst.org/

Chopping Block

These services will be retired.

• LimeSurvey provides the ability to survey a group of people via the web: ​http://survey.mayfirst.org. See #10638

• Big Blue Button is an online conference system: ​https://bbb.mayfirst.org/. See #10639.

Proposed new services

• Setup our own git server (see #8033)

• Setup a ​loomio instance

• Setup OpenStreetMaps server. Maintainer: ​https://id.mayfirst.org/joseph

• Operate a Tor Exit node. ​https://id.mayfirst.org/srevilak