Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 08:50:27 -0453.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (no subject) Message-ID: <eabb34fd-b61c-cd4f-00ad-e4171d1b0bee@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <45833.128.135.52.6.1461709860.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <c76a06f6a1cc339c9ff7cfa56d0d36c5@posteo.net> <20160425014410.GC47422@neutralgood.org> <1461549170.22294.0.camel@michaeleichorn.com> <1461591281.2701002.588800193.46793393@webmail.messagingengine.com> <cb405912-8075-777e-0bb8-94b33001a611@radel.com> <1461632622.55975.589473041.1F2F5A65@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20160426031022.3f2999ae.freebsd@edvax.de> <1461673939.1626909.589940673.2B2DBEA5@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20160427001522.2f745942.freebsd@edvax.de> <45833.128.135.52.6.1461709860.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu>
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On 04/26/16 17:37, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > On Tue, April 26, 2016 5:15 pm, Polytropon wrote: >> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:32:19 -0400, Dewey Rahn wrote: >>> Thank you. Can you recommend a dependable, secure, private email >>> service? >> Well, any service should be secure and private as long as you apply >> good end-to-end encryption. PGP is a very common tool. With a virtual >> server (or a real one) it's easy to run your own service where you >> fully control its actions. There are several tutorials and guides >> found on the web on how to achieve this. If you don't mind "getting >> your hands dirty", you can adjust all the parts (MUA, MDA, MTA) >> according to your needs. If this is not to your taste, just make >> sure you have good transfer encryption in place. Keep in mind that >> the biggest threat to your privacy and security is always the weakest >> part of the chain in communication: If you mail to someone who is >> running a compromised system, it's more or less "game over". Doing >> some investigation on the web will reveal more truth. :-) >> > Someone estimated that about half of our e-mails end up in gmail accounts, > so, you can safely forget about privacy of about half of your e-mails. For > the rest 50% of e-mails Mr. Polytropon's advise is the best, the only > thing I would add: keep your private mail server at home, at least they > will have to come to your home with subpoena, and then you will know that > they looked through your e-mails. > > Valeri > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Valeri Galtsev > Sr System Administrator > Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics > Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics > University of Chicago > Phone: 773-702-4247 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Ah, yes, a mail server at home, especially if you might want to run for president ;-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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