[GLLUG] Alternative to Google web mail ?

[Alain Williams]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:54:58AM +0100, MJ wrote:
> Hm, why not www.startmail.com. But no, we lazy Brits should have started our own paid for service last year. 

Because it is something very different. startmail is a (supposedly) secure email
service - rather like Lavabit that has just closed down.
Mailpile is an open source email system that you can host on your OWN machines.

You can never really trust anything that is hosted by someone else - hit them
with the correct (il)legal documents (or a $5 monkey wrench) and they will hand
over your secrets or install a feed to the spooks.

Hosting something yourself:

* if it is not at your home/office - who can tamper with it ?

* how often do you check your keyboard_cable/USB interface for key loggers ?

* do you verify the .RPMs/.DEBs that you install ?

* do you run encrypted disk partitions ?

etc

> Meaning like, yesterday. 'Cus, not all can afford PGP but it'll still be safer, as all must go through a strong HTTPS.
> A service that says Erm, NO! Our customers data is CLASIFIED. Unless you are the customer, you can not have 
> any data off our servers. PERIOD! No bad feelings, towards any G'ma, 'twas just a business strategy. This being 
> out of the box thinking. Specially the one that has metal and or mental bars as well ;).
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 19/8/13, Jean van Wyngaardt <gabrieldrumming at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Alternative to Google web mail ?
>  To: "The mailing list for the Greater London Linux User Group" <gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>  Date: Monday, 19 August, 2013, 13:59
>  
>  Wow.. This makes me happy. I hate all
>  email clients apart from Apple Mail, been waiting for
>  someone to do something like this for ages!
>  
>  On 19 Aug 2013, at 13:21, Rob Crowther <robertc at boogdesign.com>
>  wrote:
>  
>  > On 19/08/2013 01:10, pavithran wrote:
>  >> What are the alternatives to have a web based mail
>  client ?
>  >> 
>  > Not immediately useful, but I think this Mailpile
>  project on Indiegogo might be interesting in the future:
>  > 
>  > http://igg.me/at/mailpile/x/2925674
>  > 
>  > Rob


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