er... $10/year not per month.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Christopher Fisk < [email protected]> wrote: > Thane, > > Have you considered getting your own domain and running incoming MX on an > old server? Spam filtering is a pain in the ass, but if you're worried > about space and about security, you can control both by putting your own > cheap server with disk space in play. > > Frankly, if you setup a linux machine with a postfix and IMAP server, you > can consolidate all of your email accounts into as many accounts as you > wish on the linux machine. Use fetchmail to get all your POP3 mail > accounts drawn into your linux mail server where you have complete control > over it. Throw a webmail interface on it, serve it up as an IMAP server > for your machines when you are remote and control backups on the server > side. Doesn't even really require anything more than what you have > currently, a free DYNDNS account and some electricity each month. > > You can setup encryption with IMAPS so you don't have to worry about > security. I didn't even consider giving this option previously because I > felt it was obvious (to me... I've been in the ISP business for 15+ years > now) but it might be something you haven't thought about. > > Hell, you can go so far as to get yourself a domain for $10/month, route > all email direct to your server through MX and cut off all providers. It's > not that hard and doesn't take much to manage once it is setup. > > > Christopher Fisk > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Thane Sherrington < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> At 10:18 AM 18/02/2013, Vincent Winterling wrote: >> >>> I don't necessarily trust them more than anyone else with information of >>> importance to me. For important stuff, I have saved it locally and in >>> several places. >>> >> >> I really don't trust Google with important email. They are processing >> every word, which makes me nervous. It's fine for basic stuff, but I'd >> rather a bit more privacy. >> >> T >> >> >
