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Re: [LUG] Web based emails

 

On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 19:46:49 +0000
Martijn Grooten <martijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 04:18:25PM +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> > Is this a good idea? Can anyone suggest a good email site for this?
> > One I came across was yandex, which looked good but turned out to
> > be based in Russia, which may or may not matter.
> 
> Yandex is a good company, though I've never used their webmail client.
> The fact that they're Russian, as you say, "may or may not matter"
> depending on your threat model. Whatever reason you have for not using
> Gmail, etc. may also apply to Yandex.

 For my projected use it probably won't matter.
> 
> It's worth noting that webmail providers probably aren't going to
> show a lot of ads to you if you just use it for the odd online
> purchase. And if you're worried about intelligence agencies, note
> that they can easily check with your credit card provider or with the
> shop themselves.
> 
> But perhaps you have a different reason for wanting to avoid the main
> webmail providers.
> 
Yes, mainly because they are so damn big. And I just feel uneasy about
such companies. I would rather go with a smaller company. Just how I
feel.

> Running your own mail server is fun but not the easiest thing to do. I
> wouldn't recommend it, especially not for this particular use case,
> but if you like to spend some time learning how mail servers work,
> perhaps this is what you want to go for.
> 
I have looked at that too. I don't think I have a need for all that
work.

Neil

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