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 Are there any setup guides for those of us only semi-technical?  I just spun up a relay on my Start9 and orbot but I'm wondering best practices for configuring my relays on top of this. 🍻 
 Make sure to whitelist only your npub to be able  to write to your relays. It is in your Start9 config of your relay. Add your npub to citrine if you arw using that. 
 Thanks - yes, did this step! 
 Do you know if the latest StartOS allows the outside world to connect to services? Are they publicly accessible? 
 I think you can always connect externally through tor 
 If that's the case then this would work. Thanks. 
 Had a start9 running but stopped because at some point it just disconnected from the internet and i haven't found the time to debug it 😮‍💨 
 All services on StartOS have a Tor address.  IP/Port config is coming in v0.6.3 release in beta now. 
 It depends on what your goals are. If you just want a backup that only only you can connect to, then a StartOS relay is fine.  
 Can the StartOS relay be used as an outbox?  Can all of my traffic relay through this?   
 Relays don't relay content onwards, it's a bad name. Did StartOS launch their new version with better networking, allowing services to be accessible from the outside world? If that update came out then I would assume that you could configure this relay to be accessible by anyone. If this is the case, it could be your outbox relay for people to read your content. The last time I checked StartOS, this was not something that could easily be done. I'll have to play around with the latest version and see. Sorry that this isn't a good answer. Maybe someone else knows. 
 No update from Start9 in awhile, frustratingly.  And the relay implementation is very barebones. So I think you're right.

But I'm sure many people have these type of questions around relays and setups.  Someone knowledgable could do well to talk about this and create content!

Cheers 🍻 I appreciate your time! 
 I happen to have found a Start9 external HTTPS access solution last night. nostr.info seems to be catching my events.

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