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Issue for https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems | Issue for https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems | ||
| + | * Recommended | ||
| + | ** Add Mail2Tor http://mail2tor2zyjdctd.onion -- Tor site uses SquirrelMail | ||
| + | ** Remove SIGAINT -- Both the Tor and regular website have been taken offline. | ||
| + | * Not Recommended | ||
| + | ** Add OpenMailBox -- used to be listed in the "Recommended" section before but then got removed without any explanation. I've heard that registration requires nonfree JS. | ||
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| + | Ian: I think hosting your own mail should also be mentioned on | ||
| + | that list. I recently transitioned to doing that, and I recommend | ||
| + | it. For someone else wanting to do it, I would recommend mailinabox. The | ||
| + | other one people talk about is http://mailcow.email/. I did my own setup | ||
| + | with exim and dovecot, and I forward port 25 from a remote server to my | ||
| + | home machine to get around the standard isp residential service port 25 | ||
| + | block. | ||
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| + | ==Bitmessage== | ||
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> Bitmessage also known as Bitmessage Mail Gateway (BMG), is a service | > Bitmessage also known as Bitmessage Mail Gateway (BMG), is a service | ||
> that allows you to use your E-Mail client (or the webmail) for sending | > that allows you to use your E-Mail client (or the webmail) for sending | ||
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> RMS: I asked the person who evaluates them. | > RMS: I asked the person who evaluates them. | ||
> DBH: Thanks, that was kind of you. | > DBH: Thanks, that was kind of you. | ||
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Beside https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems we should ask the FSF to make a separate page for non-email encrypted communication. Good software includes but are not limited to: | Beside https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems we should ask the FSF to make a separate page for non-email encrypted communication. Good software includes but are not limited to: | ||
| − | * | + | * [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cryptodog/ Cryptodog] -- a IceCat add-on |
* Mailpile | * Mailpile | ||
* TorChat | * TorChat | ||
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Revision as of 23:50, 26 February 2018
Issue for https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems
- Recommended
- Add Mail2Tor http://mail2tor2zyjdctd.onion -- Tor site uses SquirrelMail
- Remove SIGAINT -- Both the Tor and regular website have been taken offline.
- Not Recommended
- Add OpenMailBox -- used to be listed in the "Recommended" section before but then got removed without any explanation. I've heard that registration requires nonfree JS.
Ian: I think hosting your own mail should also be mentioned on that list. I recently transitioned to doing that, and I recommend it. For someone else wanting to do it, I would recommend mailinabox. The other one people talk about is http://mailcow.email/. I did my own setup with exim and dovecot, and I forward port 25 from a remote server to my home machine to get around the standard isp residential service port 25 block.
Bitmessage
> Bitmessage also known as Bitmessage Mail Gateway (BMG), is a service > that allows you to use your E-Mail client (or the webmail) for sending > and receiving Bitmessages over clearnet, Tor, and I2P.[3] This allows > sending and receiving of email anonymously, to email addresses inside > and outside these networks. Bitmessage.ch offers webmail, pop3, IMAP and > SMTP access to email clients. - > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitmessage.ch#Bitmessage.ch Bitmessage is > a decentralized, encrypted, peer-to-peer, trustless communications > protocol that can be used by one person to send encrypted messages to > another person, or to multiple subscribers. > > > > > -- > RMS: Bitmessage is no good because it won't scale, according to the > expert I consulted. > DBH: What do you mean with scale? > RMS: It won't work if lots of people use it. > -- > On Mon, November 9, 2015 1:50 pm, David Hedlund wrote: > DBH: Can Bitmessage.ch be used by tens of thousands of more users? > Bitmessage.ch: Yes. Bitmessage.ch internally operates as a regular > e-mail system, so it > can support many users. > There was a time where nearly 20'000 users had registered accounts here, > but sadly, interest in bitmessage has declined ever since. > The bitmessage network itself is not affected by the number of users, but > the number of messages. Scaling proposals have been made, but nothing has > been implemented since. > To support a lot more users, the bitmessage.ch service would need to be > scattered across more servers. At that point, money is a problem again, as > this is run on my personal account. Adding more servers also adds more > cost. -- > DBH: It doesn't really matter if your expert says that bitmessage.ch won't > scale -- they have been running for years. > RMS: What do you propose that I do or say about bitmessage? > DBH: Can you please ask the FSF to put Bitmessage under the section "Under > Review" at https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems ? > RMS: I asked the person who evaluates them. > DBH: Thanks, that was kind of you.
More encrypted communication
Beside https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems we should ask the FSF to make a separate page for non-email encrypted communication. Good software includes but are not limited to:
- Cryptodog -- a IceCat add-on
- Mailpile
- TorChat
