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31 Mar 2019, 12:35 AM | #31 | |
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Oh, yes, I know Fastmail has a good reputation. I'll consider them when it becomes clearer how they've weathered the current furor over Australia's new encryption laws. |
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31 Mar 2019, 08:21 AM | #32 |
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WheelDeal, not sure exactly what would make you trust a particular email provider. I think the best you can do is go with a big enough one that you know things will get reported long before they impact you personally. There are lots of very small outfits that in some cases are run by just a handful of people. No matter what they claim, no one knows what goes on behind the scenes. On the other hand, you are guaranteed that something like Fastmail, Gmail, or Outlook is being probed, prodded, and tested every day. IMHO the biggest danger for most of us is not government snooping but instead plain old hackery looking to steal our information in order to log into our bank accounts, etc. The other big danger is that a service will have major bugs or outages due to inadequate infrastructure. Which again argues for going with a large, well-tested provider.
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31 Mar 2019, 10:02 AM | #33 |
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TenFour - Yes, I agree.
Is Kolab considered a "larger" operation? What about Runbox? Last edited by WheelDeal : 31 Mar 2019 at 11:04 AM. |
31 Mar 2019, 03:45 PM | #34 | |
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Here is the bottom line. If you are concerned about someone reading your email, you and your contacts should learn how to use GPG, OTF disk encryption, and use any email service that is reliable. Trusting anyone other than yourself to provide your security is a gamble and is also more likely to make you the focus of the very attention you might not want. I agree with TenFour. Identity theft by hackers or having your emails held ransom is a much bigger threat for the average person. But I do agree with you WheelDeal that I do not like the idea of a service skimming through my emails to sell my info. So that is why I avoid services who have a prior history of doing that. I have never had that problem with the ones I have written about. I hope that you can find a good solution for yourself, even if it means buying a domain and setting up your own mail server. HTH |
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31 Mar 2019, 08:13 PM | #35 | |
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1 Apr 2019, 02:51 AM | #36 | |
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1. The price for the service would have to be within your budget. These services tend to be pricey even for a small business configuration. 2. You would have to read the user agreement before and every time they update it to make sure that they are not slipping in some fine print that negates all of the bold face type about not snooping. Everyone will state that they must respond to valid legal process. Sometimes that can be an unintended wrecking ball. Years ago, one of the athletic shoe companies was involved in some class action suit initiated by some greedy selfish people. In these things the principles and the attorney get the lions' share and everyone else gets a gift certificate. But since this was a Federal Civil suit, the dimwits published a list of all of the potential awardees (whether they responded or not) in the court documents which were published in a Federal publication which went out everywhere including to prisons with sex offenders. Some of these folks reading in the prison law library decided in their twisted minds that women who wear sneakers must all be young, pretty, shapely, and just eager to meet convicts. Some of the inmates started sending unsollicited letters to the women in the Federal publication which contained their addresses. Isn't this just what the folks who originated the idea of "Public Record" wanted? Uh, no! But this is one of the many bad consequences of public record which is a part of the legal process which may be part of a civil disclosure that you want no part of. Something to consider. |
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2 Apr 2019, 12:47 AM | #37 |
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Has anyone tried The X Y Z? Looks like a Canadian version of Fastmail in some ways.
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2 Apr 2019, 03:31 AM | #38 | |
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The prices seem good. They have multiple data centers. Been in business for a while (based on their website info). They offer to call you back if you need them to for tech support. Fastmail does not do callbacks or take incoming calls. Looks promising. |
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2 Apr 2019, 03:35 AM | #39 |
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2 Apr 2019, 08:12 PM | #41 |
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Try this: https://bit.ly/2uEAN3N. Or you can type in the word "the" and the ending "xyz" with no spaces and that's the URL. Here's a link to a page where they compare themselves to other paid email services, including Fastmail https://bit.ly/2JYWdDw
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4 Apr 2019, 05:13 AM | #42 |
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I, too, would like "user" feedback on The XYZ email service. Hasn't anyone on this forum tried it?
Bill (n5bb), if you have time, would you please visit the Web site of this email service and give us your (very) educated opinion. Thanks in advance. |
4 Apr 2019, 02:57 PM | #43 |
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Can't they afford to pay a certificate?. They use in webmail Let's Encrypt...
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4 Apr 2019, 08:01 PM | #44 | |
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5 Apr 2019, 05:04 AM | #45 |
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