On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 10:26 -0800, Walter Bright wrote: […] > 1. I control the backups
I run my own SMTP and IMAP server, including it's backing up. I like control! > 2. Third parties don't have access to my email history. I don't care what > their > "privacy policy" says - if they have it, they will use it as they please. You > have no way to even discover what they do with it I run my own SMTP and IMAP server, so no third party. The NSA have all emails, no matter who else has them. > 3. I've had email servers controlled by others "go dark", and poof, all email > gone As I run my own SMTP and IMAP server, if it goes dark then either my server blew up or my ISP disconnected me. Email not gone due to backup strategy :-) > 4. I *need* my old email. More than once it has saved me from a lawsuit I run my own SMTP and IMAP server, including it's backing up. Old email for some threads is definitely worth keeping. I agree with not relying on an email service such as Google, etc. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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