On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:11:32 +0200 אנטולי קרסנר <tomback...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello e-mail software developers and users! > > I'd like to ask all of you a question. And of course hear relevant > opinion. > > I've been using free software happily for a few years, and I found > free/open source alternatives for many popular proprietary tools such > as Facebook, Dropbox, Micro$oft Windows & Office, Youtube, Skype and > many many others. Some of the alternatives are probably known to some > of you, while others are still unknown to many. > > But I couldn't find a replacement to mailbox hosting. I'm using a > Gmail mailbox and I hate it. So many free and open source mail > servers and I still use Gmail, a closed-source service (which also > probably tracks all my data, including Google searches I do, and uses > it for all kinds of statistics and advertising, but that's another > issue). So I asked myself, why is there no mailbox hosting service > which respects user freedom? > > I sent an e-mail to the Free Software Foundation, and got a suggestion > to ask all of you: do you know any free (libre) mail server out there? > If you do, please inform me, and the whole free software community, > developers and users. > > I couldn't find any. If nobody else finds any either, the plan is to > start a new server. There are so many server tools and programs, like > the ones you use and develop. It's just like hosting a Git repository > or videos of pictures for the masses. We can do it with e-mail too. > > Q: Why don't I start my own personal server? > A: I'm a programmer and I can do it - with some effort, but I can. The > problem is not me. The problem is that all the non-programmer and > non-technical users can't. And they shouldn't. We tech people can, and > should, run such servers for everybody. For all users who want their > basic freedoms respected. > > Another question to tech people: I'm not an expert in e-mail software, > so I'm not really sure setting up a server is as easy as all other > online services we get, such as Diaspora (facebook replacement), > MediaGoblin (Youtube replacement), Gitorious (git repo hosting). Is > there a technical issue preventing people from running a mail server, > or it's just a matter of having enough money to run it, and the > necessary technical skills (which many of you probably have). > > If it's possible, we'll do it. Also, if users had to pay for such a > service, it would be okay. I don't mind paying for my free software > stack. I'd actually find it a way to contribute back to the people and > projects which deserve it. The point is not money; such a service can > get funds. The point if FREEDOM. > > Waiting for response and opinions from you, my fellow free software > community members, > Anatoly Krasner > Free software enthusiast/activist > Israel > > There's a group of people in Sweden that are maintaining a mail server for users (they do charge a fee, though) that have quite decent policies etc. They're also using disk encryption on their server (although, I can't remember how well that is implemented, but it does mean when they reboot server someone has to go over there to enter password or something similar). You can have a look at their website: https://fripost.org/index.en.html Best regards -- Branko Majic Jabber: bra...@majic.rs Please use only Free formats when sending attachments to me. Бранко Мајић Џабер: bra...@majic.rs Молим вас да додатке шаљете искључиво у слободним форматима.
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