As someone in infosec, how do you handle your personal email?

I got tired of Gmail reading everything, so I built a self-hosted
alternative with:
- X25519 + AES-256-GCM encryption
- Postfix/Dovecot on a French VPS
- SPF/DKIM/DMARC + fail2ban
- An AI cockpit that classifies urgent vs noise

Curious what setups other infosec people use. ProtonMail?
Self-hosted? Something else?

#infosec #email #privacy #selfhosted #encryption

https://blog.ari.lt/b/set-up-selfhosted-email/

im pretty happy with this

#email #selfhosting #horsefacts #blog

Ich bin gerade dabei auf #Linux umzusteigen, und habe mir meinen eigenen Home Server eingerichtet. Jetzt kann ich endlich meine Fotos in der privaten Cloud mit #immich katalogisieren. Aber eine Sache, die mir richtig gute gefällt und die ich nicht auf dem Schirm hatte, ist die Möglichkeit ein lokales #AI Modell für Suche nach Bildern zu nutzen. Es macht echt Spaß mit Texteingabe Bilder zu finden, die ich vergessen (oder verdrängt) hatte.

Und jetzt frage ich mich, ginge sowas nicht auch mit #Email? Ich habe mal nach #Thunderbird plugins gesucht, und da gibt es welche mit #ollama Support - aber nur für Schreiben, Übersetzen und Zusammenfassen einzelner Emails. Da kann ich sie auch gleich selber alle durchlesen... Ich will "Sitzung bei XY mit Thema ABC" eingeben können und Treffer erhalten, die diese bestimmten Wörter nicht direkt benutzen - und das alles mit voller Kontrolle über die digitale #Privatsphäre. Das wäre mal wirklich hilfreich

Two nights ago my spouse told me that she had spent hours explaining to our elder spawn how to see and then decode SMTP headers.

Me: "He's never looked for himself? We have failed as parents."

So I will talk with the younger spawn about that. Can't have people growing up ignorant.

Nothing is magic, and if anybody tries to hide what they are doing from you, you can be sure that they are up to no good.

#email #sysadmin

Did a quick video on the #cybersecurity breach of FBI Director, Kash Patel's e-mail and why you could be next.

#cybersecurity #infosec #servers #vps #servers #email #hackers #vulnerabilities #opensource #cloud #microsoft #google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6TK-QjTPw&feature=youtu.be

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/31850

2 of 3 GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed OK!

One of them failed with another wtfh:

7s
Run . ports/.github/workflows/bootstrap.sh mpbb
Fetching files
Info
2026-03-27 02:14:50.001 mdutil[47287:114060] mdutil disabling Spotlight: / -> kMDConfigSearchLevelFSSearchOnly
Disabling Spotlight
Uninstalling Homebrew
Selecting Xcode version
Installing getopt
Installing MacPorts
Configuring MacPorts
Updating PortIndex
From https://github.com/macports/macports-ports

• branch master -> FETCH_HEAD
• [new branch] master -> macports/master

Last time I ran into some GitHub CI BS? It seemed to resolve itself (maybe some other MacPorts person kicked something? I dunno). Anyway, hopefully something similar will happen there.

Regardless, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

#MacPorts #OpenSMTPD #OpenBSD #OpenSource #SMTPD #SMTP #email

LLM hallucinated spam slop

Even a parrot would formulate a better set of sentences. This is easily sent to /dev/null

#LLM #slop #AI #InfoSec #spam #unsolicited #email #dev #null

@stefano

@hcf that's just wrong and you know that.

• If this was the case they'd not facilitate any #eMail whatsoever!
  • They do it to facilitate a #toxic #LockIn at the cost of #interoperability!

For example, if "#Security" was a real issue, they'd host their #IMAP+#SMTP access *exclusively over @torproject / #Tor because #OnionServices are using fully-encrypted connections in a self-authenticating adress spaces.

• They don't because that isn't the issue, and I'm not talking about the Server-to-Server - Connectivity, which is INHERENTLY AND UNFIXABLE INSECURE WITH EVERY EMAIL PROVIDER unless they don't allow actual cross-provider eMails (or restrict it to very few, selected competitiors with spechally negotiated connectivity [i.e. #VPN|s], which to my knowledge NONE of the commercial providers do)…

@case2tv @dans_root @earthnewstech @monocles

I had a client just deliver a big directive: "Get me a written step by step plan to get us off of #gmail and I want to move all of our workstations to #Linux. "

We are six months into my plan for moving away from #cart and #cloudflare and #google on the website, now #email and #Windows are on he chopping block.

#3DS is the biggest stumbling block

The closer I get to #selfhosting my own #email, the more I'm finding myself unsubscribing and blocking emails coming into my personal inbox.

@NebulaTide @wesdym it's NOT #E2EE if you don't have 100% #SelfCustody of all the keys!

• Not your keys = not your control!

Otherwise we'd allow #MarketingLies like like those of #WhatsApp to be normalized, when clearly it's not the case!

• If #ProtonMail was actually E2EE they'd have no keys whatsoever and be unable to provide any data access.
  • Kinda like @delta / #deltaChat (#PGP/MIME #eMail) and any #XMPP+#OMEMO client does…

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/116186109475109526

In one year, the dependence on #Microsoft #email among municipalities in the #Netherlands has increased from 60% to 73%.
🇳🇱 https://belibre.be/map/nl.html
🇧🇪 https://belibre.be/map/be.html

Eternal props to @jurgentje for turning “#resilience and #dependency” from abstract terms into a visual that makes the reality impossible to miss.

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Screenshot Netherlands and email servers

87% of emails are generated by automated systems

// Article in French //
- - -
87% des courriels sont générés par des systèmes automatisés

https://moncarnet.com/2026/03/06/courriel-87-des-messages-seraient-generes-par-des-systemes-automatises/

#Internet #Email #Courriel

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
— by @404mediaco

📧 https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/
[Archive] https://archive.is/gx6U4

#protonmail #switzerland #email #fbi #us #uspol #chpol #StopCopCity #privacy #pgp #swiss #anonymous #anonymity #mail #proton #payment #encryption

Blue Sky

I've heard a lot about blue sky I haven't tried to go in yet until a couple, make that 40 minutes ago

Confirmed

blue sky is horrific

on mobile

• the perspective I'm talking about is the captcha
• it's unbelievable that it will be easier for a large language model to create an account on Blue Sky while someone belongs to the species of homo sapiens cannot get past their stupid captcha
• they have a technical problem where the results do not reach the server
• absolutely true blue sky is bad
• it's horrific the technology fails when you create a new account from this part of the planet

on desktop

this is on the SBC Pi5

• same failure on captcha (error msg)
• data does reach server
• account can be created

configure on desktop

Ciritical failure on MFA 2FA

• I can't use a 2FA program, but need to rely on a email!
• bsky.app fails really bad

my password is long 64 characters and tokens

• the email 2FA is as weak as the current fascist tyrant in the USA
• the account is vunurable

Blue Sky fails on security!

On the FediVerse consistent MFA 2FA protection is present over the whole sphere

No screencaps! You know why

Source
moi
https://bsky.app

#socialmedia #blue #sky #bluesky #FediVerse #infosec #MFA #2FA #email #challenge #weak #fail #open #accounts

@DanielLuecking Angesichts dessen dass @signalapp ein zentralisierter #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider - #Chat-Anbieter ist betrachte ich es als deren Versagen.

• Ist ja nicht wie #XMPP+#OMEMO oder #eMail, und selbst da sind #Domains vergleichsweisr gut um dinge abzuschätzen.
• Zumindest Keywords wie "#Support" könnte #Signal reservieren bzw. in deren "Nutzernamen"-Vergabe abhängig von #Verifikation machen.
  • Also so wie #Shitter bevor #Musk den Laden mit Vollgas enshittified hatte…

Posteo verdoppelt Speicherplatz im Basistarif auf 4 GB
https://linuxnews.de/posteo-verdoppelt-speicherplatz-im-basistarif-auf-4-gb/ #posteo #email #linuxnews

@bschorr @thunderbird that's the nature of #eMail tho...

With Client->Server->Server->Client approach per design.

Thus besides any artifical delay / interval, IDK what could be done to "unsend" a message.

@bschorr also any decent #eMail client offerd that, most notably @thunderbird, where you can just move a message from "Outbox" to "Drafts"…

Since Delta Chat doesn't require a phone number or an email address

Friends, is this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/20260224_smtp_blast_to_imaginary_friends.txt what a successful campaign looks like?

(also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or for that matter https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4e) @nostarch #greyptrapping #spam #spamd #pf #packetfilter #greylisting #email #cybercrime #marketing #scams

Ich wollte rausfinden wie lange ich ernsthaft #rss2email verwendet hatte… aber ich glaube das war wirklich seitdem das Ende für #GoogleReader angekündigt wurde?

Mindestens waren es nachweisbar 10+ Jahre!

Dafür dass ich da nie nennenswert Aufwand reingesteckt habe, war das erstaunlich kosten/nutzen-Faktor! Das Ding lief einfach immer problemlos und leise im Hintergrund.

#R2E #Email #RSS #Newsfeeds

@dansup @supapp

what a novel idea, why hasn't it be done before

#EMAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!FOREVER

I think the next part of my project HAS to be email. I want to start using the new identiy I am building through my domain. Does anyone know a good server to test against? #homelab #selfhosting #email

What's the easiest and best way to get off Google and transition to another email client? My biggest concern is the amount of accounts I've opened using a Google email account.

#TechSupport
#Email
#NoMoreGoogle

Your emails can be a pipeline to the adtech industry.

Gmail delivers targeted advertising and scans emails to power “smart features” in the name of personalising your experience.

✅️ Switch to an email provider like Proton Mail.

Drop your suggestions below 👇️

Find. out more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/how-to-stop-stalker-ads/

#StopStalkerAds #adtech #privacy #email #tips #surveillanceadvertising

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Text: 'communicate securely - email If you can afford it, pay for an email provider like Proton Mail, rather than using providers like Gmail, Yahoo or Microsoft Outlook.' Image: Blue background with a two grey/blue 3D profile icons that have an '@' symbol in the place of the head.

We have two new blog posts for your weekend reading! Our Thunderbird Development Digest keeps you updated on our continuing work to polish Exchange email support and the Account Hub, as well as our refresh of the Calendar UI:

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/02/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-february-2026/

That was oddly satisfying. Been through my #Email accounts and had a delete-fest, including about 6 or 7 thousand from Gmail going back to 2007!
Checking through each page to spot and save anything still useful (about a couple of dozen) brought memories of trips away, things and services purchased that no longer exist, relationships ditto, work stuff and the escape therefrom, and a few people who are now late (in the Hitchhiker's Guide sense).

And it's recovered er... 4% of my storage space 😀

#Microsoft: #Exchange Online flags legitimate emails as #phishing

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-flags-legitimate-emails-as-phishing/

#cybersecurity #email

I guess instead of trying to find and built a permissively licensed version of #uucp (which in the age of #tarballs, TFTP, SFTP, FTPS, and espechally genuine 1 TB microSD cards seems as outdated as doing Telex and 300 baud #telnet instead of using #eMail over #Freifunk) I'd be better off developing a reference implementation of the #"#AirgappedTransferProtocol" and including that in @OS1337's packages…

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/gqBBBT87wWoS9JAXRuUMD2
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_JKZY52JK/1)

Une analyse critique des promesses marketing et des réalités techniques de la confidentialité des emails.

#privacy #google #bigtech #email #degoogle

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/fgQisvQnfcnWeqasbLb3iS
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_JKZY52JK/1)

A non-technical guide to the promises and pitfalls of secure email, revealing what providers often obscure.

#privacy #google #bigtech #email #degoogle

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/9Spqtp416F6Mkm3xzn6FHA
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_YF0ZW7CR/1)

Une vulnérabilité dans le sanitiser HTML `rcube_washtml` permet de contourner le blocage des images distantes via une balise SVG ``, exposant les utilisateurs à du pistage même avec les protections activées.

#infosec #email #rce #attack #fix

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/9gKU4z82YtWe5rNcYknTY3
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_YF0ZW7CR/1)

A critical bypass of the "Block remote images" setting allows attackers to track email opens.

#infosec #email #rce #attack #fix

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/jBwRP7srUQc4FFuXcKVnvo
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_YF0ZW7CR/1)

Ein Fehler im HTML-Sanitizer erlaubt es Angreifern, das Öffnen von E-Mails zu verfolgen, selbst wenn externe Bilder blockiert sind.

#infosec #email #rce #attack #fix

Endlich! Mit etwa einem halben Jahr Verspätung habe ich eine aktualisierte Mailserveranleitung für Debian Trixie veröffentlicht.

War wieder eine Mords Arbeit und ich hoffe, es hilft dem ein oder anderen :) Getestet ist es natürlich auch, allerdings derzeit nur partiell. Also nicht von Grund auf, sondern nur die Deltas zur alten Anleitung. Bei Gelegenheit teste ich auch nochmal vollständig "from scratch".

Mutige dürfen sie also gerne schon ausprobieren :)

"Mailserver mit Dovecot, Postfix, MySQL und Rspamd unter Debian Trixie (v1.0)" -
https://thomas-leister.de/mailserver-debian-trixie/

#mailserver #anleitung #server #email #postfix #dovecot #rspamd

I don`t remember who was a hero that told me (ok, not me, just shared info about that service) about Purelymail.com but it is great.

It is just PURE eMail service.

No bullshit

No ads

No AI etc

Just simple "you pay 10 euro, you have mail".

I have connected bunch of my domains with simple Catch-all@domain -> myAddress @ purelymail.com

and I dont have to think about shit. It works.
#purelymail #email

I didn't know that according to RFC 5322, emails, when transmitted, are supposed to have lines no longer than 78 characters. The absolute permitted maximum being 998 characters.

They are also supposed to be "displayed as transmitted" including line breaks and all. That's obviously silly in today's world. If mobile devices adhered to this standard, text in emails would be tiny, or we would be scrolling side to side all the time.

#RFC5322 #Email

While doing that, I also learnt about RFC 2646 and the `text/plain; format=flowed` attribute. It allows the receiver's mail client to reformat the RFC-mandated 80 character line breaks in your message. This is useful on mobile devices. It also causes quotes to display as nested blocks instead of repeating angle brackets.

#RFC2646 #Email

I have set up my Thunderbird to use plain text and "interleaved, quote under" style, which is also what the Linux Kernel recommends. By default, it doesn't quote at all. I'm sick of throwing huge chunks of HTML back and forth where any long conversation grows into a formatting mess.

#Email #Thunderbird #Linux #Kernel #PlainText #HTML #Quotes

Are there any good #FOSS alternatives to #Mozilla #Thunderbird with #NoAI ? When I was at the University of Denver I installed Thunderbird once so I could have a local copy of my work emails (through Microsoft), then I deleted it. I've now tried the same trick at CU Boulder (also Microsoft) and been told I need to request access to use Thunderbird. This still might work to back up my emails, but lately I've been thinking it would be nice to have an application instead of using a web client so I get local backups automatically and have a clearner interface. Is there anything good in this space that hasn't been subject to #enshittification ?

#academia #email #Microsoft #Denver #Boulder #CUBoulder #UniversityOfDenver

#Microsoft fixes #Outlook bug blocking access to encrypted emails

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-outlook-bug-blocking-access-to-encrypted-emails/

#email #cybersecurity

Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle 2026 !!

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/UwmuOAX-VxTAGlhnIZWY43Ao/

( 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
#DigitalIndependenceDay
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
#DID

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Over 6,000 #SmarterMail servers exposed to automated hijacking attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-6-000-smartermail-servers-exposed-to-automated-hijacking-attacks/

#email #cybersecurity #SmarterTools

Fucking #microsoft

I didn't get a bounce at the weekend when I sent an email to the same address, and I've sent about 3 mails since then, not one of them to a microsoft system.

And the unhelpful "troubleshooting" link results in a blank page.

Wankers 😡

#email #selfhosting

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Subject Failure notice I am deeply sorry, but I was not able to deliver your mail to the following addresses: [REDACTED] 5.7.1 Unfortunately, messages from [ 1 weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list (53150). You can also refer your provider to http: //mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting. aspx#errors. [Name=Protocol Filter Agent][AGT=PFA]

Stop posting affiliation links with hashtags #proton and #protonmail please. This is not what hashtags are for. People who subscribed or are searching for them are already aware that Proton Mail exists and most likely they already made their minds about it a while ago.

If you want to convince new people then use something like #outlook or #gmail, or just #email PLEASE 🙏

Jesus, my home feed exploded today.

Now this is how you do email …

#exim #email #hostyourownemail

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A screenshot of the email alias entry form used by some of the current developers of the exim MTA. The form shows the “catte@example.com” alias noting the alias is currently set to learn who sends to it and showing options to change the mode to * Accept only recognised senders and reject everything else * Accept only recognised senders and flag everything else as spam * Reject all email to the alias * Delete the alias The alias also has a reminder note “Catte All Teh Things” and shows emails will be delivered to the “FoodBowl” folder.

heise+ | Tschüss, Big Tech: Acht sichere E-Mail-Alternativen aus Europa im Vergleich

Gmail, iCloud, Outlook – die größten E-Mail-Anbieter sitzen in den USA. Mit diesen europäischen Alternativen erklären Sie Ihre digitale Unabhängigkeit.

https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Tschuess-Big-Tech-Acht-sichere-E-Mail-Alternativen-aus-Europa-im-Vergleich-10750420.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#DigitaleSouveränität #EMail #Hosting #IT #news

Google’s Gemini A.I. now scans your entire inbox to “help” you summarize, reply & organize. 📬
That’s not assistance — that’s surveillance wrapped in productivity branding. 🔍

If your emails need an opt‑out clause, maybe the feature shouldn’t exist by default. ⚠️

🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/personaltech/gmail-gemini-ai-email-inbox.html

#TechNews #Privacy #AI #Google #Gmail #Surveillance #Data #Security #UserRights #BigTech #DigitalEthics #OnlinePrivacy #TechPolicy #Accountability #AIethics #Cybersecurity #Gemini #Email

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

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Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle 2026 !!

An exchange with Outlook-suffering colleagues reminded me of my 2011 rant which is sadly still relevant, "The Problem Isn't Email, It's Microsoft Exchange" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_problem_isnt_email_its_microsoft_exchange.html #email #outlook #exchange #uxfail #standardswhatstandards

GNUMail to darmowy, otwarty i wieloplatformowy klient poczty e-mail oparty na GNUstep lub Cocoa. Jest to oficjalny klient poczty GNUstep i jest również używany w Étoilé. https://biznes.linuxiarze.pl/gnumail/ #email #linux #osx #bsd #unix #solaris

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gnumail

I self-host my own e-mail servers for ~25 years now. Just finished he migration to a new system today.

- OS: FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE
- MTA: Postfix 3.10
- IMAP: Dovecot 2.3
- Filter: Rspamd 3.14

I used Imapsync to migrate the content of my Mailboxes from the old to the new system. Worked absolutely fine.

Having the E-Mail Jail and the mailbox data on an encrypted ZFS dataset (AES256) that's manually unlocked with my passphrase after rebooting the system. Backups are done via ZFS send/recv to by backup server (-w for raw send to ensure, data is encrypted at rest)

- SPF: ✅
- DKIM Signing: ✅
- DMARC Reporting: ✅
- E-Mail delivery to major providers: ✅
- IPv6 working and actually being used: ✅

All working perfectly well. In about a week, I'll decomission the old Debian based system, that I used since 2017!

#linux #freebsd #sysadmin #selfhosting #email #postfix

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Console output, showing FreeBSD Jails, running E-Mail related services.

Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle 2026 !!

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( 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

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E-Mails mit GNU Emacs und mu4e

Wie man aus GNU Emacs einen alltagstauglichen E-Mail-Client macht.

#E_Mail_Client #Email #Emacs #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/e-mails-mit-gnu-emacs-und-mu4e

Is there a way to make a #Mastodon post by sending an #email?

That would be really cool.

#tech #question #fediverse

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

#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.

In 2025, the German #BSI launched the Year of #Email #Security recommending Tuta Mail.🇩🇪 ❤️

In 2026, we call for a year on end-to-end encryption in email - so they stop recommending Gmail & Co as well. 🔒

#privacy #security

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Screenshot from the BSI website recommending Tuta - and stating that end-to-end encryption is important - but still recommending Gmail & Co...

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

@philcowans

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

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.«

🤨 https://winfuture.de/news,156086.html

I hate that most big email servers(Microsoft, Yahoo, Zoho) don't allow emails from slfhosted email servers.

#email #selfhosting

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

https://mailsync.netcup.net

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

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.

#Thunderbird #Betterbird #email

@parismarx I mean, there's @european_alternatives and @alternativeto that do also have extensive tools to find #alternatives...

• Personally, I can vouch for @monocles when it comes to #eMail, #Cloud #FileHosting, #Messaging. Another Option from the #EU is @Stuxhost ...

@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

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Delta Chat » 🌐 2025-12-28 / 2025-12-28
@delta@chaos.social

Relax 😎! 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

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Learn about upcoming changes to Gmailify & POP in Gmail Starting January 2026, Gmail will no longer provide support for the following features: Gmailify: This feature allows you to get special features like spam protection or inbox organization applied to your third-party email account. Learn more about Gmailify. Check mail from other accounts: Fetching emails from third-party accounts into your Gmail account, with POP, will no longer be supported.

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

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