[nmglug] Comcast refuses to send mail to Linux desktop email clients

[Tom Ashcraft]

OK, let me see if I've got the general idea straight --but first I'll 
mention that I probably have just enough facility with the command line 
to be a danger to myself and others; moreover, I vaguely seem to recall 
hearing Linux promoter Noah Chelliah spout off about why doing this is 
for most folks probably a very bad idea--which is not to rule out that I 
might be game or fool enough to give it a try anyway:

I can install my own server backend to feed my mail client of choice and 
thereby avoid the gateway issues ordinarily implied by the facts that 
Comcast is my ISP and owns the pipe that comes into my house?  Is that 
right?  Are there scary housekeeping issues involved like maybe filling 
up my hard drive with spam before I know what happened?

On 12/7/18 2:43 PM, J Marsden DeLapp wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:49:39 -0700
> jason schaefer <js at jasonschaefer.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/1/18 10:47 PM, Tom Ashcraft wrote:
>>> What they can't steal from us most of seem to be willing to give to
>>> them for free. So much for any hope of anonymity or privacy from our
>>> corporate overlords. Might as well let them tatoo a barcode on your
>>> forehead--though that wouldn't be nearly as effective.
>> Its worth pointing out that if you are concerned about these issues
>> you shouldn't be using comcast for email...
> With a simple
> apt install postfix dovecot-imapd
> you can run your own mail server.
>
> Mars
>