buc.ci is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Has anyone, anywhere, in the history of the universe, gotten sympa mailing list software to work?
I'm going insane.
I feel like fedi might enjoy this question: You're now an email provider (congrats/commiserations!). Your primary customer base Bonus challenge - these customers also don't have smartphones, and are on limited/pay-as-you-go plans that mean you can't always rely on reaching them via phone.
Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle 2026 !!
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/zjE1-jSDj6HbZhvuXSig0euQ
( Transparenz: Ich arbeite nicht in der IT, dies ist ein kleines HobbyProjekt, wo Ich versuche Menschen ein paar nützlich Computer Tipps zu geben. )
#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
#DID / #DUD
#unblugtrump
E-Mails mit GNU Emacs und mu4e
Wie man aus GNU Emacs einen alltagstauglichen E-Mail-Client macht.
BSI prüft E-Mail-Programme
"In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wurden zwölf für den Verbrauchermarkt relevante E-Mail-Programme dahingehend analysiert, inwiefern sie Eigenschaften wie Transport- und Inhaltsverschlüsselung, SPAM-, Phishing- und Tracking-Schutz sowie Prinzipien der Usable Security umsetzen".
https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Publikationen/DVS-Berichte/E-Mail-Programme.html
#did #digital #email #datenschutz #spam #tracking
Man nutzt Big Tech oft nicht, weil es besser ist.
Sondern weil es da ist.
E-Mail geht auch ohne Lock-in.
Und erstaunlich entspannt.
Whelp, FastMail has raised their prices and has been bought by some other corporation; I expect enshittification.
Any recommendations for good, secure #email SMTP/IMAP3 providers? Not Protonmail please.
#Email management, especially for #privacy/#tech minded people, can be a very personal thing. I’ve been refining my email setup over the last couple of years and I think I’ve landed on a system that works well for me. I’m curious how others handle it.
My setup involves three separate email providers, #posteo.de, #tuta.com, and #riseup.net. I also use a custom domain combined with a paid #anonaddy (now just #addy) account.
Tuta is for strictly personal stuff like banking, medical, and government accounts. Secure, no aliases, separate app, fully contained.
For Posteo and Riseup, I use AnonAddy aliases for everything else. Mail forwarded from Addy is encrypted with my PGP keys and decrypted client-side, and both Posteo and Riseup use server-side encryption.
Posteo is for things I actually care about, online accounts, family, friends, etc. Riseup is for online shopping, newsletters, and more disposable accounts (zero inbox).
I’ll admit it’s a bit convoluted, but it makes sense to me and has worked well so far. I’ve considered simplifying it, and maybe I will one day. I don’t need three providers, but I like keeping things isolated.
ChatGPT ZombieAgent Exploit Enables Persistent Data Theft
https://www.webpronews.com/chatgpt-zombieagent-exploit-enables-persistent-data-theft/
#ChatGPT #DataTheft #PromptInjection #ConnectedServices #Email #Calendar #CodeSnippets
Perhaps of interest to those who #selfhost #email: I’ve created a milter for checking IP addresses and HELO and MAILFROM domains against @spamhaus DNSBLs during the relevant SMTP transaction stages. Connections from listed IPs/domains are rejected: https://github.com/danielcolquitt/spamhaus-dqs-milter
Many MTAs (such as postfix) natively support DNSBL rejections at all SMTP stages, but other MTAs (and particularly mine) do not. Dropping spammy connections as early as possible helps reduce server load. The milter follows @spamhaus best practice: https://www.spamhaus.org/resource-hub/email-security/best-practice-dnsbls-and-email-filtering-how-to-get-it-right/
Comments, issues, pull requests welcome.
You're right, this is weird and I'm not entirely sure what's going on. I was able to get it to fail with some combinations, pass with others, and thought I had it figured out until I tried some other cases and those contradicted what I thought I'd established.
As to what's going on - I have a guess, but I'm not confident about it. I think it might be triggering only when an #rfc2047 -encoded segment of the header field value either exceeds the message's policy's line length limit, or in some way crosses over that boundary (such as having leading unencoded ASCII without a whitespace break that would allow the line to fold before the encoded segment).
If this is the case, it looks like a bug to me, too. If it's still happening with the most recent version of Python, I'd say it needs fixing. I haven't tried anything past 3.11.x right now.
Only showing up using the EmailMessage class vs Message class is explainable; there are slight differences, and one is for legacy code compatibility.
Weird.
#Python #email #EmailModule #EmailMessage #encoding #encoded
Does anyone know the right way to create an #email header containing a colon with the email package from the #Python standard library? If I just give it a string containing one I think it confuses it with the field name delimiter and attempts to fold the header in an invalid way, which results in an exception from a later validation stage.
I'm not even sure what's supposed to happen here. Are unescaped colons permitted in the values of email headers, and therefore there's a bug in the folding algorithm, or do they need to be escaped somehow? If so, are escaped words the right way to do it? I'd imagine that having a colon in an email subjet came up before the advent of MIME.
Das wievielste Argument ist es um M$ so wie deren E-Mail Client nicht zu nutzen?!?? Ach ja, niemensch hat ja was zu verbergen!1!!
»Microsoft bestätigt — #Update blockiert #Verschlüsselung in Outlook:
Nutzer von Outlook Classic stoßen derzeit auf ein Problem: Verschlüsselte #EMail's lassen sich unter Umständen nicht öffnen. #Microsoft hat jetzt bestätigt, dass der Fehler mit einer Aktualisierung von Microsoft #Outlook 365 zusammenhängt.«
I hate that most big email servers(Microsoft, Yahoo, Zoho) don't allow emails from slfhosted email servers.
A scammer sent this to my mother, and I am thankful she knows better (years of teaching her to be cautious for her own good).
The email itself addresses her by the wrong name and claims she will be billed over $300. The attached PDF file, which I have no doubt would have caused trouble had she been using Microsoft Windows (she’s using an immutable copy of Linux), does not call her by name. Instead, it simply uses her old email address.
The goal of this scam is a triple treat.
First, to get you to open the PDF file. I cannot stress enough: do not open a PDF file or any file attachment sent by email if you don’t know the sender or aren’t sure about its legitimacy. I opened it in an immutable system, within a virtual machine, just to show you these screenshots.
Second, the goal is to make you panic, assume someone is charging you through PayPal, and, since you’ve opened that PDF file, they will have front-row seats to what you're doing as you likely check your banking and PayPal information.
Third, they want you to call the number they’ve listed, which they’ve made the primary focus of the email.
#Scam #Fraud #Email #PayPal #Security #Windows #Linux #AntiVirus
Wer sein E-Mail Postfach von einem Anbieter zum anderen umziehen will, für den kann das wunderbare imap Mailsync Tool von @netcup u.U. hilfreich sein.
#email #diday #didit #unplugtrump
A Major Mail Provider Demonstrate They Likely Do Not Understand Mail At All https://nxdomain.no/~peter/they_do_not_understand_mail_at_all.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-major-mail-provider-demonstrate-they.html)
#greytrapping #spam, #antispam #greylisting #blocklist, #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #SMTP, #contentfiltering #SPF #DMARC #security #networking
I'm operating my own mail-server at home. This works well for years, until my Internet-providers started to block outgoing-connections on port 25 ... Incoming connections on port 25 still works. So I can receive mails but not send them anymore. 🙃
Does anyone knows a trick? Maybe using 587 for b2b mail connections?
A colleague is stuck with a time bomb: the outlook account will close at the end of the month, and emails are only sync locally for the last 180 days.
But, the "File - Export" menu command is greyed out. The right-click and "forward" is also greyed out when selecting more than 3 or 4 emails.
Available is the account either online on a browser, or also on a MacOS desktop.
Is there any way to export all emails as an .mbox or as individual .eml files? Or to forward them all?
At the moment, all we could do is search month by month, select all for the month, and print to PDF. Generates ~50 MB PDF files without images and without attachments, but it's better than nothing.
#MicrosoftOutlook #Outlook #ExportEmailsFromOutlook #Microsoft #email
Also related to the declining development of email clients, I believe it is this current obsession with synchronous instant messaging that is a menace to mental health.
I once heard a colleague in the university's IT department telling another that he thinks people who use anything other than Gmail in a browser are dumb. I think the opposite!
For a long time, I've been using — a slightly better fork lately,
— due to the lack of a proper replacement. What I would miss most is its unified inbox, and its calendar integration, which works despite being somewhat clumsy.
@parismarx I mean, there's @european_alternatives and @alternativeto that do also have extensive tools to find #alternatives...
@16af93 @soatok why do you say coping?
If in 2026 you make generic claims against the feasibility of using #email and #openpgp for secure decentralized messaging, there hardly is a way around taking a deeper look at RFC9850 and RFC9788 and the minimalist Rust-based approach https://chatmail.at takes. Hammering away at gpg and other crimes of how email-encryption doesnt work well ... frankly does not cut it for making a generic "it can not work" claim. See also https://chaos.social/@delta/115796626066185436
AodeRelay boostedRelax 😎! GPG is not OpenPGP!
Yesterday, vulnerabilities were published https://gpg.fail but they don't affect #deltachat or other #chatmail clients because
A) We never used #gnupg for anything; we use the modern #rustlang #openpgp implementation @rpgp, security audited multiple times.
B) #openpgp is fine, as modernized in #RFC9580, which already warns against several #gpgfail issues (gpg didn't implement that spec)
Please spread the word that #gpg is not #openpgp ... Thanks! #39c3
Starting January 2026, If you use Gmail to check and fetch external email accounts, fetching emails from third-party accounts into your Gmail account, with POP, will no longer be supported.
You will need to migrate your email data into a Google Workspace account. At some point, the option to "Check mail from other accounts" will no longer be available in Gmail
You can continue to read and send emails from your other accounts in the Gmail app for Android, iPhone, and iPad, which uses a standard IMAP connection #Google #Email #Gmail
Google gave very little notice to this #Enshittification
🔗 Learn about upcoming changes to Gmailify & POP in Gmail
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/16604719
🔗 New Support Page: Data migration
https://support.google.com/a/topic/14012345
What do Fedi people think about #Posteo email service? I'm pondering my choices in case of degoogling and finding a good email provider isn't easy.
Here's my criteria:
1) It's an email provider. Not everything-you-never-needed in one ugly unwieldy box and a stupid AI on the side.
2) I don't care about so called privacy and encryption, it's a marketing fad. These services are just huge targets for governmental blocking. So wherever you cool hackers are, I'm staying away. I want to be with common people. I don't want to be a collateral damage.
3) I don't care about Five Eyes, Nine Eyes, etc. Whatever I write on the Internet could be written on the wall, for everything else there is PGP.
4) I care about respectability and stability. So this service has to be in business for at least 10 years and not run by a group of enthusiasts.
5) POP3/IMAP support without restrictions.
So this leaves me with two options: #Fastmail and #Posteo
Fastmail is great, I used it in the past when it was twenty something dollars a year, but now it's too expensive. $5 a month and most features are overkill. 60Gb of space is ten times more than all my working documents combined.
Posteo is cheap and affordable, 2Gb is more than enough. But I don't really know if it's good and reliable.
Other sane alternatives are welcome, of course.
#Email
Datensouveränität ist kein Buzzword.
Es heisst schlicht: Deine Daten bleiben deine Daten.
Unsere Mails liegen in der Schweiz.
Punkt.
Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle 2026 !!
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/zjE1-jSDj6HbZhvuXSig0euQ
( Transparenz: Ich arbeite nicht in der IT, dies ist ein kleines HobbyProjekt, wo Ich versuche Menschen ein paar nützlich Computer Tipps zu geben,
Heute Morgen habe Ich meinen Nachbarn von Windows befreit und Linux auf nicht Windows 11 Fähiger Hardware Installiert, auch dies mache Ich ehrenamtlich, wenn Ich den Zeit habe. Ihr könnt dies auch tun )
#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
#DID
#unblugtrump
@schenklklopfer @herrLorenz allein #Windows ist nen Abstrich.
Für die allermeisten "#Normies" die den #PC eh nur als #Surfmaschine mit #Browser, #eMail, #Office & #Multimedia-Wiedergabe nutzen klappt das problemlos:
-Echtes #Backup machen, #UbuntuLTS drüber, Daten rüberkopieren & fertig!
Nur ist das Problem nicht Linux, sondern Hersteller beschissener #Hardware & #Software welche sich verweigern oder konsequent gegen die #Nutzer*innen arbeiten!
Hier wären #Regulierer wie @BMDS & @EUCommission an der Reihe, solche Machenschaften zu kriminalisieren und #Interoperabilität und #Portabilität vorzuschreiben!
#UnbequemeWahrheit #Enshittification #Unix #Windows10 #Windows11 #EndOf10
Heute ist #DigitalIndependenceDay.
Gar nicht so schwer, #digital #souveräner, selbstbestimmter, unabhängiger von #TechMonopolisten zu werden.
Mein #Laptop: #Linux und #LibreOffice.
#EMail: #Posteo. #Handy: #GrapheneOS ohne #Google + Google Apps! 😊 Es gibt so viele #Apps im #FDROID + #Aurora Store.
Statt #X, #Meta, #Facebook, #Instagram = #Mastodon im #Fediverse. Statt #Whatsapp = #Signal! Anfang Dezember habe ich zuletzt mit #Paypal gezahlt.
Das geht alles ✌️🙂
Ich nehme mir jetzt mal den #diday zum Anlass, zu fragen, ob jemand ein gutes #email Programm als Alternative zu #google Mail kennt. Schon mal danke für die Antworten!
#did #mail #digitalesouveränität #digitalindependenceday
Learning the hard way..
One of Sweden's oldest and biggest ISPs is apparently getting out of the personal email business.
So my Ubuntu guy will lose his very old email account.
I guess their AI investment did not pay off?
✉️ The Danish postal service has ended its national letter delivery service after 401 years.
"We are one of the most digitalised countries in the world."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-31/denmark-postal-service-ends-letter-delivery/106188988
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( Transparenz:
Ich bin beruflich kein IT Mensch, diese Liste war ursprünglich für ,, Den Bekanntenkreis und stellt daher nur ein HobbyProjekt da, mir sind diese Themen aber wichtig, daher Teile Ich Meine Informationen gerne mit anderen )
#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Firefox
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#UnplugBigtech
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct #Fisa
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
Do you know of any mailing list where people simply send funny things? Every damn list I know is strictly technical.
Why 451 is Good for You - Greylisting Perspectives From the Early Noughties https://nxdomain.no/~peter/why_451_is_good.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-451-is-good-for-you-greylisting.html) @nostarch #greytrapping #greylisting #smtp #email #spam #antispam #bookofpf
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( Transparenz:
Ich bin beruflich kein IT Mensch, diese Liste war ursprünglich für ,, La famiglia ,,
und stellt nur ein HobbyProjekt da, mir sind die Themen aber wichtig, daher Teile Ich Meine Informationen gerne mit euch )
#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Firefox
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#UnplugBigtech
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct #Fisa
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
@dan_nanni (for future readers: this table is wrong, #DeltaChat doesn't require phone numbers or #email for registration can be used anonymously without providing any data at all, for #telegram encryption is not supported in groups at all, only in 1-to-1 chats using the "secrets chat" which don't even sync across devices so is highly impractical and not much used by people in the end)
Microsoft rush to add AI to everything they have failed or ignored making existing products better.
As I am forced to use #O365 here is my wish list for enhancements.
1. The ability to schedule a follow up meeting from an existing meeting in Calendar without having to recreate the whole invite from scratch.
2. Add notes to emails. We have a shared mailbox and I would love the ability to add notes to a email for my colleagues or keep a note on the email for later reference.
3. Outlook client that has ZERO problems updating messages. My inbox is not even that full and the client hangs when updating folders and messages. It is the bane of my existence.
Proton Mail plus (what I had and was happy with): 3.99€/month (12 year subs). The calendar just works as intended.
Fastmail: 5€ a month for 12 month. 5 USD if in the states, which I'm conveniently inside whenever suits me (the perks of multi-currency accounts) works with every email client. Maximum compatibility with everything.
Migadu 9 uSD a month. Seems rather bare. No thanks.
Mailbox.org. Landing page very chatgtp-genrated looking like (at least it has the whole Bootstrap BASIC landing page layout). Decent price 3€ a month. Germany based is a plus. IMAP works.
🤔
Mailbox seems the closer to what I desire.
Wer hat eine Empfehlung für eine #FOSS Lösung für ein E-Mail-Archiv, auch für geschäftliche E-Mails?
Danke.
Can anybody tell me if FASTMAIL has IMAP compatibility?
I just want off Tuta. If fastmail doesn't have that I rather go back to Proton
I'm not sure how Layla and May001 snuck past SpamAssassin but the assassin is being re-trained.
Maybe I have been talking about #cybersecurity a lot, but when it comes to #email #privacy and #security - better to be safe than sorry!
Enjoy > https://pr.tn/ref/93C1JWNK
#holidaygift #bestemails #onlinesecurity #socialmedia #ai #encryption #signals #protonmail #cupon #protonmaildiscount #discountcode
> My question is rather: How can #XMPP market itself better to people who want to build instant messaging solutions.
my humble opinion: I would still pick #deltachat / chatmail core to build my client if I had to start from scratch today, with #xmpp I just have a protocol, with delta chat I don't actually need to use the #email protocol at all, only the core library that takes care of dealing with networking and #encryption while all I have to do is to create the UI
This #email is so email, its attachment has an attachment.
(It is possible to send someone an email with another email message attached to it. That other email message can, itself, have attachments. I don't believe there is any limit on how deeply attachments can be nested.)
Dear Friends
I hate selfhosting e-mail but ... Ive done it for such a long time.
Do you know any CHEAP option to have a simple service that will handle my usage:
I can somehow access that mails (web? email client? ssh? ftp? whatever)
I DO NOT need sending mails from these domains
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#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Firefox
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#UnplugBigtech
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct #Fisa
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok gehört den #USA !!!🇺🇸
#Instagram
@simonzerafa @pubby At least having a regular-ass #hoster that just needs #SPF & #MX records set for #eMail to work (aka. #ManagedMail / #managedHosting) is obviously the way to go.
»Proton verlässt die Schweiz—CEO warnt vor Überwachungsstaat:
Proton verlässt die Schweiz - CEO Andy Yen rechnet mit der VÜPF ab und warnt vor Massenüberwachung und Hintertüren.«
Ich bin sehr kritisch gegenüber Proton, da die sich um einiges sicherer geben als sie wirklich sind aber dass die kritisch gegenüber der CH-Politik sind ergibt sehr wohl nachvollziehbare Sinnhaftigkeit.
#proton #itsicherheit #schweiz #vupf #chpol #uberwachung #email #itsec #massenuberwachung
This phishing email got a laugh out of me. It looked legit. It claimed to be from Intuit: “QuickBooks Payment” and “Transaction failed.”
But, when something doesn’t seem right, investigate the email’s header information.
First problem: it didn’t pass the SPF check (Sender Policy Framework): “IP address redacted] is not allowed to send mail from intuit (dot) com.”
The second problem, though, is the part that made me laugh. The logo? The QuickBooks logo in the email came from... Wikipedia’s image repository, Wikimedia Commons.
I just don’t think Intuit does that.
Building a private internet together: #Tuta & #Notesnook partnership
According to a new study by Proton, nearly 80% of holiday related marketing emails contain hidden tracking pixels that collect your location, device details, and even how long you have the email open.👀
This week on the @sharedsecurity Podcast we discuss how these trackers work, and how to block them!
Links below to listen and subscribe!
Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/sSFvCkiTmNc
Listen and subscribe wherever you like to get your podcasts:
https://sharedsecurity.net/subscribe
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#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Firefox
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#UnplugBigtech
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct #Fisa
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
BSI checkt E-Mail-Programme
Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik hat getestet, wie sicher E-Mail-Programme sind. Die sind offenbar ok.
@whitequark @kbruen I had the opposite experience than @jak2k has and was able to quickly onboard "#TechIlliterates" very quickly with @monocles / #monoclesChat & @gajim but then again: Different requirements necessitate different tools…
And if your chat aims towards the #public than #IRC (quasi-synchronous) and may just be the better option...
@anthropy @noelamac@spore.social The Problemvis that the extreme buildouts for #Bubbles like "#AI" and #Shitcoin-based #Cryptocurrencies are neither #sustainable nor acceptable.
Whereas noone I've heard of who isn't invested in the #AIbubble sees the "AI"-based #Enshittification as something else but #WastefulComputing and a net negative to the world overall.
🕵️♀️ Proton’s guide shows how anyone can create a secure, encrypted email account — no phone number required. 🔒💡 Privacy-first, ad-free, and built for people who care about digital freedom. #Privacy #CyberSecurity #EmailReimagined
Read more 👉 https://proton.me/blog/create-an-email-account-without-phone-number-verification #Email #Privacy #Security
A very rare and unique feature with tremendous value, which currently only Proton provides for such privacy ecosystems. Why? Because one can use this for free & anonymous…💡
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#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#UnplugBigtech
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct #Fisa
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
I turned off "smart features" (aka #AI) in my gmail account. Doing that means instead of parsing the inbox into Primary, Social, and Promotions, it's now all one big inbox.
Now, I spend time each day Unsubscribing from email lists I'm on. Also unsubscribing to most substacks.
I had no idea how bad it was, as I generally avoided the Social and Promotions folders. There's a lot of junk email in this world, and I seem to have opted into most of it.
#Spam Watch 2025: The hidden trackers and inbox overload behind holiday marketing
https://proton.me/blog/spam-watch-2025
#privacy #email #holidays #GiftGiving #OnlineShopping #eCommerce
(I'm not asking for advice about dealing with spam. SpamAssassin has this one well in hand. I'm just curious if anyone else has been seeing spam like this).
Thunderbird 146 Introduces Configuration UI for Setting Up OpenPGP Keyservers
Thunderbird 146 open-source email client is now available for download with support for configuring preferred OpenPGP keyservers via the UI.
https://9to5linux.com/thunderbird-146-introduces-configuration-ui-for-setting-up-openpgp-keyservers#apps #email-client #mozilla-thunderbird #thunderbird #thunderbird-146
So I had this idea for a communication hub app, but I can’t make it. Basically, it will be #email first because that’s still important in the world. Then #DeltaChat for messaging built-in because it is based on email isn’t it? A secure phone calling feature over your cell or WiFi connection. And a secure and private video calling feature. And then a penpal feature that is anonymous until you agree to share who you are and you can have letters that open within it, with your own seal just for fun. Also, the last part - ActivityPub Integration so we can have decentralized social media in it. Of course all this stuff opt-in.
This would be able to be set as “default” for “Phone”, “Email”, and “Messages” and whatever else makes sense. It keep all your data on device as much as possible, and you decide what has access to it via a unique cryptography key that you never have to interact with, but the device and app handle it in the background, no server unless it is absolutely necessary. Also can be integrated into a desktop browser workflow, for both business and non-business.
But how could this work, and what should it be called?
What else communication wise should be in it? It’s just an idea I had. I don’t know how well it would work, but it sure would be fun.
Sometimes when I’m sitting doing nothing, and waiting - I think a lot about this stuff.
Meine IT Datenschutz Liste
für euch alle !!
auch als PDF:
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/PRF8ytzospxXokcfT+W-r0V9/
#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#DigitaleSouveränität
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#UnplugBigtech
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct #Fisa #ForeignIntelligenceSurveillanceAct
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
TIL #spf (Sender Policy Framework) supports macros:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208#section-7.4
So you can, for example, create dynamic error explanations if a policy fails.
@ArneBab @opensourceopenmind Well, I'm convinced @monocles would rather cease their service entirely that having to deal with the shitshow of trying to implement a compliant "verification framework".
The German #BSI has made 2025 the Year of #Email #Security
Great initiative - and great rating for Tuta ❤️ - your secure email provider from Germany. 🇩🇪
https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Kampagne-einfach-absichern/EMSJ/Eckpunkte_EMSJ/Eckpunkte-EMSJ.html
»Cyberkriminalität — Millionen Payback-Konten angreifbar:
Cyberkriminelle nutzen aktuell offenbar eine Schwachstelle im Sicherheitskonzept von Payback aus, um Kundendaten und Bonuspunkte zu stehlen«
Die Frage ist eigentlich: Weshalb nutzen populäre App Dienste immer noch kein Argon2 & Co. Passwort Hashes so wie E-Mail Adressen im Klartext und nicht zB 2FA / Passkeys?
📺 https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr/payback-daten-100.html
#datenschutz #passwort #email #argon2 #payback #cyberkriminalitat #app #strg_f #kundendaten #captcha
@whynothugo @Goffi @debacle @torf @fuchsiii @kolev @torproject @xmpp so basically like #Briar and even easier than some uucp-based "data mule" setup on #eMail for indirectly connected (not actually airgapped entirely!) networks.
Great!
@PinoBatch at least #IRC and #MailingLists have tools to #archive conversations and make them searchable, like #PiperMail for #eMail...
And that is a good thing: #Transparency can only work outside of #InformationBlackholes which non-portable & proprietary platforms are.
For the absence of doubt, we've published an Internet Draft calling for a conclusion to the ARC (RFC8617) experiment we developed over 10 years ago, moving what we learned from it into work on the proposed DKIM2 specification.
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-adams-arc-experiment-conclusion-01.html
#ietf #email #security #authentication #standards #dmarc #arc #dkim
Are you using labels in Tuta Mail already? 🏷️
In our latest how to video Lena shows you how to use labels in Tuta Mail & how they improve organization.
(+ find out what upgrade is coming to labels next) ❤️🔒
I remember in the olden days of the late 80s and early 90s, there were three people called Michael Lawrie "famous" on the Internet, and we all got each other's email.
Two of us, me and the Michael Lawrie who basically brought the Internet to Southern Africa, would swap emails and chat a little every time. The other one, the guy who owned IBM's OS/2, would accept the emails, but never once said thank you to either of us.
I noticed he has since changed his name to Mike Lawrie - So I guess we won. Last I heard, my more friendly namesake was doing well, automating his retirement home :D
https://www.biznews.com/entrepreneur/mike-lawrie-internet-south-africa
(I know this one changed his name too, but he still won, for now).
#IBM #OS2 #email #RetroComputing #History #MiserableGits #Africa #SouthAfrica
Von »wird schon nichts passieren« zu echter Kontrolle: Mein persönlicher Weg zu mehr IT-Sicherheit, Datenschutz und digitaler Selbstbestimmung. 👇
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/it-sicherheit-ist-nie-fertig-ein-persoenlicher-weg-ueber-viele-jahre/
Bitte teilen! ❤️ ✌️
#sicherheit #security #awareness #datenschutz #dsgvo #prozess #passwortmanager #email #router #android #backup
Datenkrake neues Outlook: Klassisches Outlook bis 2029 erhältlich
Das neue Outlook basiert auf Webdiensten und überträgt Zugangsdaten und Mails an Microsofts Server. Klassisches Outlook tut das nicht.
"[...] easy to use solutions that are at the same time private and secure. [...]"
It is easier, faster, cheaper and overall simpler to get someone setup with #XMPP + #OMEMO espechally if they don't have a #PhoneNumber and/or #ID to acquire a #SIM.
And if you go and say, "Just buy a [insert country here] [e]SIM!" and expect #TechIlliterates without a #CreditCard, #PayPal or other means of #OnlinePayment to fiddle around with some #eSIM if not having to get some #eSIMcard because they can only afford to maintain one SIM and can't spend triple-digits on a new devices then you completely missed the point!
It's not that I expect anyone to get #TechLiterate within minutes, but similar to setting up a cordless DECT phone it's something one has to do once in 5 years and just have them put the password in a safe spot to retain...
Point is that #Signal #WontFix their setup and that was evidently clear even before @Mer__edith succeeded #MoxieMarlinspike: Their entire operation has a distinct #CryptoAG stench as it's an #unsustainable #VCmoneyBurning party!
A counterexample on how this could've been done are #Tor, #eMail and other truly #OpenSource as in #MultiVendor & #MultiProvider standards.
NOTHING compells Signal to demand PII, run a #Shitcoin #Scam aka. #MobileCoin that even seasoned #TechLiterates and #CryptoBros can't setup properly, and in fact Signal using phone numbers makes it trivial to discriminate against users and easier for them to identify them!
If my reasoning didn't resonate with you, then try helping i.e. undocumented migrants aka. "#SansPapier|s" to get setup with it without violating laws and/or ToS and/or needing an imported SIM which I'm shure most folks don't have on hand!
Whereas it's trivial to get people setup on one of many XMPP servers I've personally tested!
AFAIK Signal doesn't even have an #OnionService / .onion for their Website, much less any #API enpoints to use it with!
You're free to also provide evidence and supporting data to your arguments, rather then neighsaying against proven to be more secure and reliable [by virtue of decentralization] options like XMPP+OMEMO and/or #PGP/MIME.
The proper fix is to actually assess the situation and acknowledge the risks and limitations as well as the very nature of communications, which means upgrading later is exponentially more painful, thus getting people properly setup once is way easier.
Speaking of #monocles: That business is at least #sustainable because it's funded by users (€2 p.m.) which they can pay anonymously
»Microsoft liest mit?! Outlook leitet fremde E-Mails und Logindaten an sich weiter. Deine Auch?«
Weshalb bin ich nicht überrascht und es meinen immer noch viele, dass sie nichts zu verbergen haben? Seriöse Firmen handeln anders aber Microsoft könnte ja auch von der US-Regierung dazu "gezwungen" sein?!
💥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX6rBoegaMg
#microsoft #outlook #email #privatsphare #firmengeheimnis #login #logindaten #ms #video #passwort #itsecurity #itsicherheit #itprotection #dataprotection #cybersecurity
Why are people taking #UCEPTOTECTL3 seriously still?
There is absolutely no reason they should be permitted on any #email #blacklists checkers.
My first column for Attorney at Work has dropped and it's about using #Copilot to triage your #email. I'll start working on the next one right after the Thanksgiving holiday. #legaltech #AI #Productivity
https://www.attorneyatwork.com/microsoft-copilot-for-email-management/
(Linux news in previous posts of thread)
FOSS NEWS
After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role:
https://itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-ceo-steps-down/
TABS API is Mozilla’s Latest Bet on the Agentic Web:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/mozilla-tabs-api-ai-web-agents
Firefox recent updates improve tab group handling:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/firefox-recent-updates-improve-tab-group-handling/
Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-147-XDG-Base-Directory
A great showcase of open source - Blender 5.0 is out with completely overhauled colour management:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/a-great-showcase-of-open-source-blender-5-0-is-out-with-completely-overhauled-colour-management/
GIMP 3.2 RC1 launches with proper SVG export, improved text editor, and UI enhancements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/gimp-3-2-rc1-launches-with-proper-svg-export-improved-text-editor-and-ui-enhancements/
Signal to add pinned messages feature for chats on all platforms:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/signal-to-add-pinned-messages-feature-for-chats-on-all-platforms/
Bluesky adds new moderation tools with expanded categories & a unified enforcement system:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/bluesky-adds-new-moderation-tools-with-expanded-categories-and-a-unified-enforcement-system/
Proton Mail apps update adds navigation features on iOS and Android:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/proton-mail-apps-update-adds-navigation-features-on-ios-and-android/
diVine is Vine back from the dead, thanks (in part) to Jack Dorsey:
https://betanews.com/2025/11/17/divine-is-vine-back-from-the-dead-thanks-in-part-to-jack-dorsey/
Spotube 5.1 released with audio source plugins, NewPipe integration on desktop, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/spotube-5-1-released-with-audio-source-plugins-newpipe-integration-on-desktop-and-more/
Servo Announces Sponsorship Tiers To Get More Organizations Backing This Browser Engine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-Sponsorship-Tiers
Cryptomator 1.18 desktop now lets you restore lost or damaged master keys & vault config:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/cryptomator-1-18-desktop-now-lets-you-restore-lost-or-damaged-master-keys-and-vault-config/
Earth 2140 remake on OpenRA engine OpenE2140 gets a first release:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/earth-2140-remake-on-openra-engine-opene2140-gets-a-first-release/
Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork-i-zork-ii-and-zork-iii-are-now-officially-open-source/
(more FOSS news in comment)
#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #Mastodon #Fedi #Fediverse #Firefox #Blender #GIMP #Signal #Bluesky #Proton #ProtonMail #Vine #diVine #Spotube #Servo #Cryptomator #OpenE2140 #Earth2140 #Zork #Zork1 #ZorkI #ZorkII #ZorkIII #BrowserEngine #Browser #WebBrowser #SocialMedia #Chat #ChatApp #Email #EmailService #Gaming #FOSSGaming #OpenSourceGame #FosseryTech
Busy parent-creators: Kit's monthly Creator Plan is 60% off through Dec 2nd.
I use it because it actually lets me automate the boring stuff so I can focus on creating.
- More subscribers who convert
- #Email sequences that run while you sleep
- Time back for what matters
Grab it here → https://partners.kit.com/vemam4t7y9kr-deal
Email Security: Where We Are and What the Future Holds
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/11/15/email-security/
#Email #Security #IMAP #PGP #SPF #DMARC #Privacy #PrivacyGuides #Article
After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-releases-elon-musk-emails-redacted?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
heise+ | Wie JMAP die E-Mail-Verwaltung modernisieren soll
Das Mailprotokoll JMAP vereinheitlicht und vereinfacht die Kommunikation von Mailprogrammen und stellt einen modernen, offenen Standard zur Mailverwaltung dar.
I did better on this one. I know more about #email than I know about #JavaScript.
They tease me that this is also the score you get if you just answer valid to every question. But I came by it honestly.
I scored 14/21 on https://e-mail.wtf and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.
I dumped Google for my email & calendar a few months ago, but forgot to write a post about it!
If you are still using Google, consider leaving them. If Fastmail doesn't work for you there are other good alternatives.
https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/11/14/hello-fastmail-goodbye-google-workspace/
»Schweiz plant Überwachung schlimmer als die USA:
Die Revision des Schweizer Überwachungsgesetzes VÜPF würde sich direkt gegen VPN- und verschlüsselte Chat- und E-Mail-Anbieter mit Sitz in der Schweiz richten.«
Ja dem ist so und doch ist dies den meisten Scheizer*innen nicht mal im Ansatz bewusst, denn anscheinend hat ja niemensch was zu verbergen.
😡 https://tuta.com/de/blog/switzerland-surveillance-plan
#schweiz #uberwachung #vupf #chpol #us #chat #email #vpn #verschlusselung #usa #privatsphare #itsicherheit #sicherheit
#Proton might recycle abandoned #email addresses
https://nerds.xyz/2025/11/proton-email-address-recycling-danger/
#Proton Might Recycle Abandoned #Email Addresses
Popular #privacy firm Proton is floating a plan that should unsettle anyone who values privacy …. The company is considering recycling abandoned email addresses that were originally created by #bots a decade ago. These addresses were never used, yet many of them are extremely common names that have silently collected misdirected emails, #password reset attempts, and even entries in #breach datasets.
Suggested alternative to #Thunderbird for android? (or do you know what causes this issue?)
I use Thunderbird on my android phone for my email hosted through my web hosting provider, my domain (different registrar). For some reason, I can send and receive #email just fine, but on my phone, when I send it, it doesn't save my sent email. It makes it to the receiver just fine, but I have no record of sending it, let alone what I've sent. When I check my Thunderbird on my Mac, it's also not there, but when I send from the Mac, it saves to my sent emails.
It's been like this from the beginning. I've tried a couple things, but I haven't had the time or energy to solve it, so I just haven't deep dived.
Some ancient history
I first began using internet email in 1986 or 1987. I was listed in UUCP maps as a system administrator by June 1987 and by January 1988 the UUCP maps were distributed by USENET.
Here is a USENET post for all of the UUCP connected machines in Oklahoma: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mail.maps/search?q=u.usa.ok%20john%20moyer%20after%3A1987-01-01%20before%3A1991-12-01
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP
"
User barbox!user would generally publish their UUCP email address in a form such as …!bigsite!foovax!barbox!user.
"
#Unix #UUCP #Usenet #email #history #internet
@chillthecat solange jene anderen Server bzw. User dich bzw. deine ainstanz nicht blockiert haben ist es wie mit #eMail & #XMPP:
Got a new IP or domain? You'll want to make sure it’s nice and warm before sending! 📨 Get the details on:
- When an IP is considered “new” ✨
- What it means to warm up your IP and domain, how to do it, and how it impacts your sending reputation
- Why we strongly discourage using warm-up services 🙅
Read the full FAQ here ➡️ https://www.spamhaus.org/faqs/marketing-email/#do-i-need-to-warm-up-my-ip-and-domain-before-sending