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@comcast.net> Sent: Dec 7, 2018 4:09 PM To: nmglug@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:

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On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:49:39 -0700 jason schaefer <js@jasonschaefer.com> wrote:

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On 12/1/18 10:47 PM, Tom Ashcraft wrote:

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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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