Re: [PLUG] So, That's it for Thunderbird

[Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Julien Vehent <julien@linuxwall.info> wrote:
> On 2012-07-07 7:51, Michael Leone wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Eric at Lucii.org <eric@lucii.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> What's a Linux geek to do?
>>
>>
>> Gmail. Have them host your own domain, and use them for email, like I
>> do, and not have to worry about email again? LOL
>
>
> Certainly not what a Linux Geek would do.

It's what I do.

> Think more along the line of DIY postfix + dovecot. Some antispam (dspam is
> great, postscreen too). Any MUA (roundcube, mutt, thunderbird). And a MX
> record that points to your machine.

For years, I ran postfix, spamassassin, courier, all using IMAP, and
used mutt, Thunderbird, and SquirelMail.. I know all about it. Did it
both personally and for my work.

I don't miss it.

> Nothing hard. And definitely better than letting google (and others) read
> your emails.

Not better by me.

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