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

[chochoms at earthlink.net]

Try Protonmail. I am very happy with it.  Plus its super-secure.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Casey Dentinger <dentinger at regnitned.net>
>Sent: Dec 7, 2018 4:13 PM
>To: chochoms at earthlink.net
>Cc: dentinger at regnitned.net, "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug at lists.nmglug.org>
>Subject: Re: [nmglug] Comcast refuses to send mail to Linux desktop email clients
>
>I don't find receiving mail to be that bad but getting it successfully
>delivered is a place where the internet is hamstrung by corporations.
>
>On 18-12-07 15:45:26, chochoms at earthlink.net wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Casey Dentinger <dentinger at regnitned.net>
>> >Sent: Dec 7, 2018 2:46 PM
>> >To: nmglug at lists.nmglug.org
>> >Subject: Re: [nmglug] Comcast refuses to send mail to Linux desktop email clients
>> >
>> >That escalated quickly :)
>> >
>> >Also you don't need imap if you just use mutt locally
>> >
>> >On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, at 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
>> >> 
>> >> -- 
>> >> =============================================================
>> >> J. Marsden DeLapp, PE
>> >> President
>> I am following this discussion with great amusement.  Maybe you guys know something I don't, but having your own email server or an email client on your desktop (phones of course are too insecure to use for anything important) seems like a lot of un-needed work trying to keep things secure.  I concluded several years ago that I had neither the time nor the inclination (plus I am not expert enough in Linux) to harden my computer against email-carried malware. Also since someone could conceivably get into my computer I don't want them to have access to my email. Consequently I use web mail, (not GOOGLE!), because the ISP can do a lot better job than I at filtering out the malware and protecting against crackers. If I need to send something encrypted or very sensitive I use Protonmail from CERN.
>> 
>> Problem solved. Doesn't matter what Comcast or anyone else allows, plus I can check my mail on any computer in the world.
>> 
>> If I am wrong, please explain to this Linux neophyte why.
>> 
>> 


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