On 2026-05-03 11:10:03+0000, Hans Baeker <[email protected]> wrote: > --------------------------- > Software Developer Emeritus > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > On Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 at 04:17, Stuart Henderson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2026-05-03, Matteo Davide Emanuele Pefano - > > [email protected] <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > I got an idea! > > > > > > A lot of user are displeased of their email providers: a lot of GUI > > > complicancy, useless CPU usage, AI integrated with force, and probably > > > in a while the majority providers will require a mandatory smartphone > > > for confirming account (we know how it goes). And setup an own server is > > > very difficult and probably a waste of time for a single account. > > > > > > Wouldn't be a great idea to provide for the BSD users email accounts > > > that consent to simply configure via mutt or terminal client, upon > > > an economic contribution? It could be created a new domain like > > > @contribs.openbsd.org (or bsd in general). This for sure can consent > > > OpenBSD to grow and ca be free many users from the prison of email > > > providers. > > > > > > I'm sorry if my english is not perfect, but that is not the point! > > > > No, it wouldn't be great, for many reasons. > > > > If you don't want to self host, maybe look at fastmail or migadu, > > they are both good and afaik bullshit-free. > > > > -- > > Please keep replies on the mailing list. > > A good one to look at is sdf.org. It's an inexpensive > shell account on a system of computers. Just use > ssh to connect. > > They mainly use NetBSD, but also have an OpenBSD > computer, beastie.sdf.org. And you can use pine > /alpine if you want.
I have also liked pair.com, for many years now.
