I can’t get email working and I federation doesn’t seem to work either, but it’s up!
I created an instance for the town I live in as the main form of communication is a fb page. Once I get these issues fixed I will promote it and hopefully get people using it.
Asking for help is difficult as there are a lot of edge cases like mine. Although the Lemmy team does have the matrix server and a community for support. Though it seems they are very busy, so it’s difficult to find answers ATM.