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

[chochoms at earthlink.net]

I'm no expert either but I do know a thing or two about security. While setting up the server may be a piece of cake, security for it is not trivial and requires a fairly high level of expertise. I attended a briefing a few years ago at the Lab about it and it was way beyond my level of understanding.  I think that is what Noah was referring to. You setup a server you open a doorway that had better be properly secured. 


-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Ashcraft <trailerdog234 at comcast.net>
>Sent: Dec 7, 2018 4:09 PM
>To: nmglug at lists.nmglug.org
>Subject: Re: [nmglug] Comcast refuses to send mail to Linux desktop email clients
>
>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
>>
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