diff --git a/roles/podman_forgejo/templates/forgejo.container b/roles/podman_forgejo/templates/forgejo.container
index 9d8e00c..a213a64 100644
--- a/roles/podman_forgejo/templates/forgejo.container
+++ b/roles/podman_forgejo/templates/forgejo.container
@@ -11,8 +11,23 @@ Environment=FORGEJO__database__HOST=mariadb:3306
 Environment=FORGEJO__database__NAME={{ podman_forgejo_mariadb_database }}
 Environment=FORGEJO__database__USER={{ podman_forgejo_mariadb_user }}
 Environment=FORGEJO__database__PASSWD={{ podman_forgejo_mariadb_password }}
+Environment=FORGEJO__email_0X2E_incoming__ENABLED=true
+Environment=FORGEJO__email_0X2E_incoming__REPLY_TO_ADDRESS={{ podman_forgejo_reply_to }}
+Environment=FORGEJO__email_0X2E_incoming__HOST={{ podman_forgejo_imap_hostname }}
+Environment=FORGEJO__email_0X2E_incoming__PORT=993
+Environment=FORGEJO__email_0X2E_incoming__USERNAME={{ podman_forgejo_imap_username }}
+Environment=FORGEJO__email_0X2E_incoming__PASSWORD={{ podman_forgejo_imap_password }}
+Environment=FORGEJO__email_0X2E_incoming__USE_TLS=true
 Environment=FORGEJO__oauth2_client__ENABLE_AUTO_REGISTRATION=true
 Environment=FORGEJO__server__LANDING_PAGE=/explore/repos
+Environment=FORGEJO__service__ENABLE_NOTIFY_MAIL=true
+Environment=FORGEJO__mailer__ENABLED=true
+Environment=FORGEJO__mailer__PROTOCOL=smtps
+Environment=FORGEJO__mailer__SMTP_ADDR={{ podman_forgejo_smtp_hostname }}
+Environment=FORGEJO__mailer__SMTP_PORT=465
+Environment=FORGEJO__mailer__USER={{ podman_forgejo_smtp_username }}
+Environment=FORGEJO__mailer__PASSWD={{ podman_forgejo_smtp_password }}
+Environment=FORGEJO__mailer__FROM={{ podman_forgejo_smtp_from }}
 Image=codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:11
 Network=frontend.network
 Network=forgejo.network
diff --git a/roles/podman_host/defaults/main.yml b/roles/podman_host/defaults/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 558c897..0000000
--- a/roles/podman_host/defaults/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-podman_host_minimum_unpriv_port: "22"
-podman_host_rootless_users: ["podman"]
diff --git a/roles/podman_host/tasks/main.yml b/roles/podman_host/tasks/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 36e5ca9..0000000
--- a/roles/podman_host/tasks/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: set unprivileged port minimum
-  ansible.posix.sysctl:
-    name: net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start
-    value: "{{ podman_host_minimum_unpriv_port }}"
-    sysctl_set: true
-    sysctl_file: /etc/sysctl.d/zzz-podman-unpriv-port.conf
-    reload: true
-  become: true
-
-- name: create users for rootless podman
-  ansible.builtin.user:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-  become: true
-  with_items: "{{ podman_host_rootless_users }}"
-
-- name: set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR in .profile for rootless users
-  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
-    path: "/home/{{ item }}/.bashrc"
-    line: "export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u)"
-    create: false
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ item }}"
-  with_items: "{{ podman_host_rootless_users }}"
-
-- name: enable linger for rootless users
-  ansible.builtin.command:
-    argv:
-      - /usr/bin/loginctl
-      - enable-linger
-      - "{{ item }}"
-    creates: "/var/lib/systemd/linger/{{ item }}"
-  become: true
-  with_items: "{{ podman_host_rootless_users }}"
-
-- name: create /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    dest: "/etc/{{ item }}"
-    src: subXid.j2
-  with_items:
-    - subuid
-    - subgid
-  become: true
-
-- name: install podman
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    pkg: podman
-    state: latest
-  become: true
-
-- name: create quadlets directory
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/home/{{ item }}/.config/containers/systemd"
-    state: directory
-    owner: "{{ item }}"
-    group: "{{ item }}"
-    mode: "0700"
-  with_items: "{{ podman_host_rootless_users }}"
-  become: true
-
-- name: enable podman auto update timer for rootless users
-  ansible.builtin.systemd_service:
-    name: podman-auto-update.timer
-    scope: user
-    state: started
-    enabled: true
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ item }}"
-  with_items: "{{ podman_host_rootless_users }}"
diff --git a/roles/podman_host/templates/subXid.j2 b/roles/podman_host/templates/subXid.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index a8022c6..0000000
--- a/roles/podman_host/templates/subXid.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
-{% for username in podman_host_rootless_users %}
-{{ username }}:{{ 100000 + ((loop.index - 1) * 65536) }}:65536
-{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/podman_nginx/defaults/main.yml b/roles/podman_nginx/defaults/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d6b76e..0000000
--- a/roles/podman_nginx/defaults/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-podman_nginx_additional_hostnames: []
-podman_nginx_certbot_testing: false
-# podman_nginx_frontend_network:
-podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user: nginx
-# podman_nginx_primary_hostname:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/podman_nginx/handlers/main.yml b/roles/podman_nginx/handlers/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f1b17d9..0000000
--- a/roles/podman_nginx/handlers/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: restart certbot-renew
-  ansible.builtin.systemd_service:
-    name: certbot-renew
-    state: started
-    scope: user
-    daemon_reload: true
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-
-- name: restart nginx
-  ansible.builtin.systemd_service:
-    name: nginx
-    state: restarted
-    scope: user
-    daemon_reload: true
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
diff --git a/roles/podman_nginx/tasks/main.yml b/roles/podman_nginx/tasks/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d3f3c8..0000000
--- a/roles/podman_nginx/tasks/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: create service configuration directories
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/{{ item }}"
-    state: directory
-    owner: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-    group: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-    mode: "0755"
-  become: true
-  with_items:
-    - .config/systemd/user
-    - certbot/conf
-    - certbot/www
-    - nginx
-
-- name: install podman quadlet for rootless podman user
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: "{{ item }}"
-    dest: "/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/.config/containers/systemd/{{ item }}"
-    owner: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-    mode: "0400"
-  with_items:
-    - certbot-renew.container
-    - nginx.container
-  notify:
-    - "restart {{ item | split('.') | first }}"
-  become: true
-
-- name: install certbot renewal timer for rootless podman user
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: "certbot-renew.timer"
-    dest: "/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/.config/systemd/user/certbot-renew.timer"
-    owner: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-    mode: "0400"
-  become: true
-
-- name: verify quadlets are correctly defined
-  ansible.builtin.command: /usr/libexec/podman/quadlet -dryrun -user
-  register: podman_nginx_quadlet_result
-  ignore_errors: true
-  changed_when: false
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-
-- name: check if certificate exists
-  stat:
-    path: "/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/certbot/conf/live/{{ podman_nginx_primary_hostname }}/fullchain.pem"
-  register: podman_nginx_cert_stat
-  become: yes
-  become_user: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-
-- name: create temporary nginx configuration (no https)
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: nginx.conf
-    dest: "/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/nginx/nginx.conf"
-    owner: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-    group: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-    mode: "0644"
-  become: true
-  when: podman_nginx_cert_stat.stat.exists == false
-
-- name: start nginx
-  ansible.builtin.systemd_service:
-    name: nginx
-    state: started
-    scope: user
-    daemon_reload: true
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-
-- name: run certbot container to create certificate
-  ansible.builtin.command:
-    cmd: >
-      podman run --name certbot-generate
-      --rm
-      --volume /home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/certbot/www:/var/www/certbot:rw
-      --volume /home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/certbot/conf:/etc/letsencrypt:rw
-      docker.io/certbot/certbot:latest
-      certonly
-      --register-unsafely-without-email
-      --agree-tos
-      --webroot
-      --webroot-path /var/www/certbot/
-      -d "{{ podman_nginx_primary_hostname }}"
-      {% for hostname in podman_nginx_additional_hostnames %} -d "{{ hostname }}"{% endfor %}
-      {% if podman_nginx_certbot_testing %} --test-cert{% endif %}
-  when: podman_nginx_cert_stat.stat.exists == false
-  become: yes
-  become_user: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-
-- name: check if certificate exists
-  stat:
-    path: "/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/certbot/conf/live/{{ podman_nginx_primary_hostname }}/fullchain.pem"
-  register: podman_nginx_cert_stat
-  become: yes
-  become_user: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
-
-- name: ensure certificate exists now
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - podman_nginx_cert_stat.stat.exists
-    fail_msg: "Failed to get a Lets Encrypt certificate."
-
-- name: start certbot renewal timer
-  ansible.builtin.systemd_service:
-    name: "certbot-renew.timer"
-    state: started
-    scope: user
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}"
diff --git a/roles/podman_nginx/templates/certbot-renew.container b/roles/podman_nginx/templates/certbot-renew.container
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d28fd4..0000000
--- a/roles/podman_nginx/templates/certbot-renew.container
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Run certbot renew
-
-[Container]
-AutoUpdate=registry
-ContainerName=certbot-renew
-Exec=renew
-Image=docker.io/certbot/certbot:latest
-Volume=/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/certbot/www:/var/www/certbot
-Volume=/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/certbot/conf:/etc/letsencrypt
-
-[Service]
-Restart=no
diff --git a/roles/podman_nginx/templates/certbot-renew.timer b/roles/podman_nginx/templates/certbot-renew.timer
deleted file mode 100644
index 65f32c1..0000000
--- a/roles/podman_nginx/templates/certbot-renew.timer
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Timer for certbot renewals
-
-[Timer]
-OnCalendar=daily
-Persistent=true
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/roles/podman_nginx/templates/nginx.conf b/roles/podman_nginx/templates/nginx.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index aea3186..0000000
--- a/roles/podman_nginx/templates/nginx.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
-
-server {
-    listen 80;
-    listen [::]:80;
-
-    server_name {{ podman_nginx_primary_hostname }};
-    server_tokens off;
-
-    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
-        root /var/www/certbot;
-    }
-
-    location / {
-        return 301 https://{{ podman_nginx_primary_hostname }}$request_uri;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/roles/podman_nginx/templates/nginx.container b/roles/podman_nginx/templates/nginx.container
deleted file mode 100644
index fb8cafe..0000000
--- a/roles/podman_nginx/templates/nginx.container
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[Container]
-ContainerName=nginx
-Image=docker.io/nginx:latest
-{% if podman_nginx_frontend_network is defined %}Network={{ podman_nginx_frontend_network }}.network{% endif +%}
-PublishPort=80:80
-PublishPort=443:443
-Volume=/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/certbot/www:/var/www/certbot/:ro
-Volume=/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/certbot/conf/:/etc/letsencrypt/:ro
-Volume=/home/{{ podman_nginx_podman_rootless_user }}/nginx:/etc/nginx/conf.d/:ro
-
-[Service]
-RuntimeMaxSec=604800
-Restart=always
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=default.target
diff --git a/roles/vps/tasks/main.yml b/roles/vps/tasks/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 759a183..0000000
--- a/roles/vps/tasks/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
----
-# https://support.solusvm.com/hc/en-us/articles/21334950006807-How-to-install-Guest-Tools-manually-inside-a-VM-in-SolusVM-2
-
-- name: install required packages
-  apt:
-    pkg:
-      - qemu-guest-agent
-      - cloud-init
-      - tuned
-    state: latest
-    cache_valid_time: 3600
-  become: true
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
-
-- name: install required packages
-  dnf:
-    name:
-      - qemu-guest-agent
-      - cloud-init
-      - tuned
-    state: latest
-    update_cache: true
-  become: true
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'AlmaLinux'
-
-- name: check tuned profile
-  command: tuned-adm active
-  register: vps_tuned_profile
-  become: true
-  changed_when: false
-
-- name: start tuned profile
-  shell: tuned-adm profile virtual-guest
-  become: true
-  when: "'virtual-guest' not in vps_tuned_profile.stdout"