Re: What email can folks try that's in harmony with principles of Libre software and like gmail isn't stored locally?

[Marc Sunet]

I would not suggest that anyone host their own email unless they are 
also a security/administration expert. You won't be in control of your 
email, or the many digital identities tied to it, when your cloud or 
home server gets hacked.

For additional information, you can cross-reference the FSF's webmail 
system list with the one on privacytools.io, which focuses more on the 
privacy/security front:

https://www.privacytools.io/providers/email/

For example, Tutanota appears on both lists.

On 11/21/20 6:43 AM, quiliro wrote:
> Yoni Rabkin <yoni@rabkins.net> writes:
>
> > Don Saklad <dsaklad@gnu.org> writes:
> >
> > > What email can folks try that's in harmony with principles of
> > > Libre software and like gmail isn't stored locally?
> > https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems
> Nice recomendations.  Thanks.  There, it mentions Email-in-a-Box:
>
> https://mailinabox.email/
>
> The only way to have control of your email is to have your own server,
> which will be under your control. With Email-in-a-Box you can set up
> your own email server without much IT knowledge.  I have never tested
> it.
>
> https://mailinabox.email/guide.html
>
> It looks nice, besides the fact that you need to have unblocked
> SMTP ports, which most home connections do not have open.  So you must
> use a virtual server, which would not be under your control.
>
> The only real solution is to pay the price to have a public fixed IP
> address with unblocked SMTP ports (ports 25, 465 and a couple of
> others).  A way to do this cheaply is to agree with others to share the
> cost.
>
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