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Re:A serverless email server on AWS using S3 and SES by darkwater on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:49AM (#26994152)
> This isn’t a contradiction.

Yes it is. The "server" in "serverless" means no need to low-level manage/provision a server (computer) and its lifecycle. While "server" in "A serverless email server" means actually "service" as in "A serverless email service on AWS using S3 and SES". Which makes much more sense. The linked repo lets you have an "email server" just like GSuite gives you a "serverless email server".

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Re:A serverless email server on AWS using S3 and SES by throwaway894345 on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:21AM (#26994581)
I don't understand. You insist it's a contradiction but then go on to reiterate my own argument which demonstrates that it is not, in fact, a contradiction but rather using the same term ("server") to refer to two distinct concepts ("computer" vs "service")?
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Re:A serverless email server on AWS using S3 and SES by darkwater on Saturday May 01, 2021 @06:12AM (#27004987)
It's a contradiction because it's an incorrect overload of the word "server".
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Re:A serverless email server on AWS using S3 and SES by throwaway894345 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @07:15PM (#27010810)
Well, Oxford English Dictionary disagrees with you.
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