From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Apr 26 22:31:02 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EEF8B1D212 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:31:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from cosmo.uchicago.edu (cosmo.uchicago.edu [128.135.70.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0528510D1 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:31:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: by cosmo.uchicago.edu (Postfix, from userid 48) id 057D6CB8CA9; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:31:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 128.135.52.6 (SquirrelMail authenticated user valeri) by cosmo.uchicago.edu with HTTP; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:31:00 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <45833.128.135.52.6.1461709860.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20160427001522.2f745942.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20160425014410.GC47422@neutralgood.org> <1461549170.22294.0.camel@michaeleichorn.com> <1461591281.2701002.588800193.46793393@webmail.messagingengine.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> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:31:00 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: (no subject) From: "Valeri Galtsev" To: "Polytropon" Cc: "Dewey Rahn" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el5.centos.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:31:02 -0000 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++