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* Mail-in-a-Box: "Mail-in-a-Box is based on Postfix, Dovecot, Z-Push, Roundcube, Nextcloud, Apache SpamAssassin, Postgrey, Nginx, @konklone’s nginx config, and more." - https://mailinabox.email/
 
* Mail-in-a-Box: "Mail-in-a-Box is based on Postfix, Dovecot, Z-Push, Roundcube, Nextcloud, Apache SpamAssassin, Postgrey, Nginx, @konklone’s nginx config, and more." - https://mailinabox.email/
 
* mailcow: "mailcow (formerly known as fufix) is a mail server suite based on Dovecot, Postfix and other open source software, that provides a modern Web UI for administration. In future versions mailcow will provide Cal- and CardDAV support." - https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/58855/mailcow-a-complete-mail-server-suite
 
* mailcow: "mailcow (formerly known as fufix) is a mail server suite based on Dovecot, Postfix and other open source software, that provides a modern Web UI for administration. In future versions mailcow will provide Cal- and CardDAV support." - https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/58855/mailcow-a-complete-mail-server-suite
 
==Bitmessage==
 
<pre>
 
> 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.
 
</pre>
 

Revision as of 12:54, 12 April 2018

Issue for https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems

  • The "Recommended" section
  • The "Not Recommended" section. 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.
    • Microsoft Exchange
    • Microsoft Hotmail
    • Microsoft Live
    • Microsoft MSN
    • Microsoft Outlook.com
    • Yahoo! Mail
    • Yandex Mail

Self-hosting

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.

https://mailinabox.email/ reads: "Please note that the goal of this project is to provide a simple, turn-key solution. There are basically no configuration options and you can’t tweak the machine’s configuration files after installation. If you are looking for something more advanced, try iRedMail or Modoboa."