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title: "Someone emailed me"
date: 2025-10-05T08:07:49+02:00
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## The actual email part

Yesterday, I got an email from someone who discovered my website (my first one).

At first glance, when I saw the notification, it felt really odd, I thought it was a spam. Because on our planet, you only get emails about your 2FA code, or that one game in your steam wishlist that gets a 87% discount every 3 weeks.

But no, it wasn't a spam. Just a nice person who sent me a nice email.

This email really made my day. Knowing that someone took the time to read the content of my website made the whole _**installing nginx to then spend few days [configuring hugo](https://github.com/aledenshi/hugo)**_ proccess worth it.

_(thank you for your email)_

## Blogs are cool

I really like to read blog posts from other people on the web. When you read about someone else's thoughts, you really listen to what **they** have to say, you can't really stop them to then start to talk about yourself like in a conversation. (+ blog is a great resource to learn things)

When you read a blog, you are free to leave and return. You are not forced to hear about some stuff that you are not interested in. You are not stuck in a conversation that you don't like. **You** (lovely-little-thing browsing the web) make the call.

I really think that having a blog is cool, you should have one. I host mine all by myself but I'm sure that there is another solution if you can't do that.

I think that you already know this but : Don't write blogs about something that is illegal or to hurt someone else's feeling. Be kind to the people around, especially to people that you don't know.

You can find a few links at the bottom of the [stuff](/stuff) page if you want to read other blog posts scattered all over the internet.

## Back to emails

### Don't let 'mailto:' scare you

I never leave comments on youtube videos, I never send emails to people that write blogs neither. But this email changed my mind. Why not after all ?

You might see me in your inbox someday if I find **your** website.

### XMPP

I don't like emails because you can't really know if someone did receive your mail. I will try to setup an XMPP server. You can contact me there if you don't like emails too.