Hi Gustin :) Gustin Johnson wrote: > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Hi :) > > > this might be OT for a multimedia distro's mailing list, but I have > > troubles with my provider. I can't write to sourceforge.net mailing > > lists and I can't receive some .tar.gz attachments, seen it from this > > side my request shouldn't be OT. > > > Does anybody know a serious German provider, that is working seriously > > in the area of the Ruhrgebiet? The quality of some providers seems to > > differ for different regions. > > You do not need to replace your ISP, just your email provider. If I was > not already happy with the service I give myself, I would be using these > guys for email: > http://www.pobox.com/
To receive Mail with Mozillas I need POP access and that costs $50/year, when using pobox :S. > The upshot of all this is that I have become independent from any ISP. > I can change ISPs at will without having to re-notify everyone of an > email address change. > > Even if you don't go with the pobox folks, some things you should look > for: > > * ssl/tls encryption (POPS, IMAPS, TLS with SMTP etc.). All email > server software packages support TLS/SSL. If someone does not provide > it, then it is a choice, not a technical limitation. > > * Authentication of sent mail. SMTP connections should be encrypted and > authenticated (ie. you need a username and password to send email). The > provider should offer these services on port 25, 465, and 587. > > Perhaps a decent alternative is gmail. You can have your own domain > with them, they also provide IMAP access. In Germany it has the name "googlemail". They also are censoring attachments, like my provider Alice does. I don't like to have censorship for anything, even if I don't use .exe myself, I will be able to receive attachments that have a suffix .exe, but googlemail will block this. The protection of privacy might be fine, when using CustomizeGoogle with Iceweasel, but how can I protect myself, when using a mailer like Iceweasel? There are some mail services for free, that supports POP and SMTP access, but IMO they aren't trustable. > Personally, I have been doing it myself since the late '90s. I now have > a server in a local co-location facility. This is the most expensive > route and requires a fair bit of knowledge to keep it smoothly running, > but it is certainly an option. I would like to have a provider, that doesn't ignore the RFCs like Alice does, that don't hurt the protection of privacy and that won't raises the costs I've got now. And I need POP and SMTP. My old provider was MEOCO and they become VERSATEL, so the service got worse. I changed to ALICE because of references and ALICE changed to a behaviour like AOL has got. There seems to be the need to have an own server, but this will be too expensive for me. I can live with Alice and I can think about an alternative like pobox, but it would be better to have one serious ISP that supports the mail service too. Thank you for the hints, Ralf
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