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On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 19:46:49 +0000 Martijn Grooten <martijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 04:18:25PM +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > Is this a good idea? Can anyone suggest a good email site for this? > > One I came across was yandex, which looked good but turned out to > > be based in Russia, which may or may not matter. > > Yandex is a good company, though I've never used their webmail client. > The fact that they're Russian, as you say, "may or may not matter" > depending on your threat model. Whatever reason you have for not using > Gmail, etc. may also apply to Yandex. For my projected use it probably won't matter. > > It's worth noting that webmail providers probably aren't going to > show a lot of ads to you if you just use it for the odd online > purchase. And if you're worried about intelligence agencies, note > that they can easily check with your credit card provider or with the > shop themselves. > > But perhaps you have a different reason for wanting to avoid the main > webmail providers. > Yes, mainly because they are so damn big. And I just feel uneasy about such companies. I would rather go with a smaller company. Just how I feel. > Running your own mail server is fun but not the easiest thing to do. I > wouldn't recommend it, especially not for this particular use case, > but if you like to spend some time learning how mail servers work, > perhaps this is what you want to go for. > I have looked at that too. I don't think I have a need for all that work. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq