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posted by martyb on Sunday April 23 2017, @07:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the What-do-YOU-use? dept.

FossaMail ( https://www.fossamail.org/ ) announced that they will be shutting down next month, and I must search for a replacement email program again. So far, my research for replacements found Claws Mail, and Slypheed, but are there any other stand alone email programs that are being updated? One other requirement is PGP support for encrypted messages.


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by maxwell demon on Sunday April 23 2017, @09:41AM (1 child)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday April 23 2017, @09:41AM (#498250) Journal

    In the age of HTML mails, anyone who has half a brain and is the slightest bit security conscious will use a standalone mail program. The typical webmail interface will not work well without JavaScript enabled, and since from the browser's point of view the email comes from the same source as the interface, it will happily execute also any script found in the email interface.

    And that is before considering the privacy implications that come from the mail provider knowing exactly what mail you are watching when, instead of just noticing the regular bulk downloads from your mail client.

    And certainly the mail client won't shove advertisements (other than spam mails evading the filter) in my face (technically one could of course write one that does, but that would for me be the reason to switch clients ASAP).

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 23 2017, @09:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 23 2017, @09:28PM (#498523)

    ...and as was mentioned way up in the (meta)thread (though it wasn't explained all that well), you NEVER want something to go straight into your main inbox.

    ALWAYS give out your email address as
      OldFriend.MyInbox@MyDomain.com
      Long-TimeBusinessAssociate.MyInbox@MyDomain.com
      UnknownEntity.MyInbox@MyDomain.com
      UntrustworthyDouchebag.MyInbox@MyDomain.com
      etc.

    When some entity proves to be a dick, nuke that inbox.

    GMail, as an example, ignores the dot in an email address, so this is unworkable with their webmail service.

    You absolutely must have your own domain to manage your email effectively.
    ...and, of course, an email client.

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