From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Apr 26 23:47:37 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 D56DAB1D144 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:47:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dewey@mm.st) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A969B18B2 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:47:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dewey@mm.st) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id E681D207BF for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:47:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web2 ([10.202.2.212]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:47:35 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mm.st; h=cc :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=DyYLz4RFmW3/jgPNqkeDpfz4W8Q=; b=iSSam5 Y/PIT1S70X5/O9Yenyo3DojLtgRzD7m5v6+//yaMY8nqDdFgiZ5SUzNXMZL0xl2q vKpC8A0vxxOc0gPA+4utgO6G8nzDzUgZqIWEBFqo77v5dupkfKXgQArmKSTIXbpV UOyR/8YTxuMiRrMFlpn7EPYUe37feAvIChfQA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=DyYLz4RFmW3/jgP NqkeDpfz4W8Q=; b=YRAecajivWygvj8ZFi9xKIzLVv+iAvckktVAzU8yg9vkaYS 15CS300xQpfn5/j4jW10HfZkF0HQjSAQOwdY+hhjZ2ZHTUS4oos++s0mQVrM89dA BNffvOHj8CsSHA/YnWosWw6Zh3NU3/p109gL2dIQr9E2xSOtA3IEmu0UOdT0= Received: by web2.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 99) id B53B75401B4; Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:47:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1461714455.3214905.590607209.3889219A@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: sQgx7Fy/NMLH8CMvAP1FeB5RG5siBmUCJBj8RbZNOzkv 1461714455 From: Dewey Rahn To: Valeri Galtsev , Polytropon Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-b462e126 In-Reply-To: <45833.128.135.52.6.1461709860.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> 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> <45833.128.135.52.6.1461709860.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: (no subject) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:47:35 -0400 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 23:47:37 -0000 You all are awesome! On Tue, Apr 26, 2016, at 18:31, 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 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++