[Noisebridge-discuss] finally transferring away from yahoo mail - Gmail, riseup other suggestions

Ronald Cotoni setient at gmail.com
Thu Oct 10 03:55:59 UTC 2013


Let me really rephrase.  DO NOT USE MAIL THAT IS HOSTED IN THE COUNTRY YOU
RESIDE IN OR WISH TO VISIT.


On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Ronald Cotoni <setient at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would suggest hosting your own.  Do not trust anyone else.  You should
> learn a little about how a server works and do it that way.  This is to
> prevent the NSA snooping that is going on and it only partially helps.   DO
> NOT USE EMAIL BASED IN THE USA!
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Frantisek Apfelbeck <algoldor at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi to all,
>> Short apology first I not find the previous post when I asked some two
>> months ago where to get away from yahoo - most of my yahoo emails are
>> unaccessible again, as usually, another lovely "change" of the yahoo
>> messenger so I can not go through that info now.
>>
>> I'm considering to go for Gmail, the usual conversations, hacker
>> discusses, food hacking base etc, and riseup for the private ones, minimum
>> of conversations, below 30-50 per week I would say, probably less. Does it
>> sounds reasonable?
>>
>> ##Gmail - What I would like to ask is how much stable/accessible do you
>> consider Gmail (based on your private experience) and if you know what is
>> their approach concerning changing the menus/bars etc. in the client, do
>> they ask you if you want to use the new one or do they kick you in without
>> any confirmation on your side (like Yahoo)?
>>
>> ##Riseup - could two people who know me and trust me generate the
>> invitation codes for me and send it to me
>>
>> ===>>> "To create codes, existing users can login to user.riseup.net and
>> click 'Invites'. "
>>
>> ##My own email server - want  to start on that and play with that for a
>> year or so seeing if I can do it in a stable and safe way enough, switching
>> for maybe later.
>>
>> ##Commercial option - if I invest around $50 per year for a commercial
>> email server, could you once more recommend me what I could get? Some
>> linux/hacker friendly firm or coop/org preferred. Sorry for not checking
>> the thoughts from previous emails, just can not access them (and I would
>> have a problem to find the tread probably anyway).
>>
>> Many thanks for previous and current help and info,
>>
>> Sincerely from Jeju,
>>
>> Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck
>>
>>
>> biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker
>>
>>
>> http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org
>>
>>
>> "There is no way to peace, peace is the way." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
>>
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>
>
> --
> Ronald Cotoni
> Systems Engineer
>



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