Search results for tag #email
@avoca Suggesting we give up or drop our efforts is a valid opinion, and we don't blame people for having it. There are shitloads of messengers, and why are we engaging in this crazy trip of using #email and #openpgp for instant messaging, out of all things? We consider it progress if it's just a few percent opposing our effort and current trajectory at all. That surely was different some years ago where it felt more like 80% being in that "are you kidding me?" camp.
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#Microsoft sperrt ja gerne mal großzügig ganze Netzwerke und verhindert somit die Zustellung von E-Mails an die eigenen Kunden - egal ob die betroffenen geblockten Server nun Spam-Mails verschickt haben oder nicht.
Einen Antrag auf Entsperrung kann man aktuell aber auch nicht stellen, weil deren Zertifikat für die Webseite abgelaufen ist 🤡 Sehr professioneller Enterprise-Konzern, bei dem unser (Steuer-)Geld gut angelegt ist!
Bin ich froh, dass ich mich mit denen nicht mehr beruflich herum schlagen muss. Die Telekom sperrte auch schon gerne, aber die haben wenigstens noch auf Anfragen reagiert.
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Eine Zertifikatswarnung für sender.office.com
Prompted by @jwildeboer’s post on spinning up a secondary mx server (https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/115073525507088810), I’ve just finished standing up an SMTP relay to act as a backup MTA for my #selfhosted #email server. I decided to use Postfix and, my word, the level of configurability is both impressive and intimidating.
My main mail server runs @stalwartlabs on a modest VPS. And, whilst there are safeguards in place against failure, downtime, & data loss, if the VPS breaks or its network goes down, there’s no real redundancy. Given how important email is to modern life, this has always worried me somewhat.
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Thunderbird 142.0 has a host of exciting features and bug fixes. From improving the PDF experience to better support for quiet time, learn what's just landed in our recap of the newest monthly release.
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/thunderbird-monthly-release-142-recap/
Sigh. So apparently Microsoft bounces e-mail to a non-existing recipient with 50 5.4.1 Recipient address rejected: Access denied. 
How vague could they be? Something like "550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable" or "550 5.1.1 Mailbox "nosuchuser" does not exist" are clear and standardized.
#Proton Offering Discounts to #Swiss Citizens
Email is Easy:
Everyone knows what an email address is, right?
Prove to me that you know better than me ;-)
#knowledge #email #quiz #address #mail #emailadresses #learn #it #emailiseasy #everyone #game #knowledge #web #wtf #dontknow #youknowwhat #youdontknow
And oh, this morning saw another addition to the wankstortion archives - this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html from 2022 is my last sigh/gasp #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #scams #spam #email (archive: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/)
It's heartwarming to a greying geek that a 5000+ words retrospective on greytrapping is turning out to be popular - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime
Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.
Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime
Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to woo the unwary spammer rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.
Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime
Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to woo the unwary spammer rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway.
It's time for a retrospective.
#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime
❗📢 PSA: Allowing AI into your mailbox threatens your privacy.
🔗 Find out why AI should not be used in your mailbox here: https://tuta.com/blog/ai-email-writers-review
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Logos of four AI email writers with the title: AI email writers
& why they’re bad
Getting Things Done + labels + keyboard shortcuts = 💙 and an organized inbox. Find out how to get started in our latest Maximize Your Day blog post!
#Thunderbird #Productivity #Email
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/maximize-your-day-getting-things-done-with-thunderbird/
Happily sending around signed and encrypted emails that use S/MIME certificates that I created myself on my own CA. And as my mail server (that I also run myself) has DKIM, DMARC, SPF set up correctly, that also works. Nice!
#SelfHost #CA #SMIME #x509 #eMail
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Source of a S/MIME signed and encrypted eMail, with DKIM, DMARC etc also configured.
Archiving from notifications, warnings about expiring PGP keys, bug fixes, and more! Find out what's in Thunderbird 141.0 (and how you can get it) in our new Monthly Release Recap!
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/monthly-release-141-recap/
#Email aliases: What is an alias & how to create aliases in #Gmail, #Outlook, #Tuta Mail & #iCloud Mail
https://tuta.com/blog/secure-email-alias
#privacy #cybersecurity #EmailAliasing #AliasEmail #EmailAlias
So now that I have my own s/mime certificate generated and installed, here's the SHA256 fingerprint:
19dae1a388af5c91e3dc53d89e3efdaef3f24878b9d37f809463ee801f3eae25
Should you get an email from me, it will be signed and with this fingerprint you can verify that indeed it was me who sent it.
I know almost no one will ever actually do this verification, but it is reassuring to me that you can :)
For further notes going back to 2017, see "Twenty-plus years on, SMTP callbacks are still pointless and need to die" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/twenty-plus_years_on_smtp_callbacks_are_still_pointless.html #spam #smtp #smtpcallbacks #callbacks #email #verification #cybercrime #hacking #stupidity
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https://proton.me/blog/proton-for-business-free-trial
#privacy #cybersecurity #email #CloudStorage #VPN #PasswordManager #Calendar
Our Community Office Hours is back, and this month we've taken a deep dive into our latest yearly Extended Support Release, Thunderbird 140.0 ESR "Eclipse." We're talking with our Sr. Manager of Desktop Engineering (and introducing our new Manager of Community Programs) and talking about its new features, what didn't make the cut, and why you should give our new Monthly Release a try.
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/video-thunderbird-140-0-esr-eclipse/
Google Spoofed Via DKIM Replay Attack: A Technical Breakdown
https://easydmarc.com/blog/google-spoofed-via-dkim-replay-attack-a-technical-breakdown/
"Oh yes, you signed up for this. You did. Honest." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/oh_yes_you_signed_up_for_this_2009.html A linkedin post (linked within) reminded me of this post, added here, almost pristine
#greytrapping #spam #countermeasures #email #scams #spamd #wellpoisoning #cybercrime #counterprank
FreedomBox 25.9.3 has been released to Debian unstable. It adds support for Dovecot 2.4, which will be included in Debian 13 (Trixie).
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-25-9-3-released/3785
Welp, the latest @thunderbird update has broken my ability to send work emails (and yes, it's definitely the update that's caused it not anything else - on my work inbox it's giving timeouts on all emails since the update, and I checked by updating it on another computer which triggered the exact same bug).
So I hope they fix that soon or I'll have to find another email client which would be a pain :(
#Mailx beta launch - Audited, open-source #EmailAliasing service
https://www.ivpn.net/blog/mailx-beta-audited-open-source-email-aliasing/
#Tuta: #GoEuropean sale, 50% off until July 15
https://tuta.com/goeuropean?t-src=the-new-oil
#cybersecurity #privacy #EU #Europe #email #encryption #FOSS
Hey folks. I've noticed #DeltaChat hasn't got a page in #Wikipedia. Do you know sources which would prove its notability so we could create a page for it?
Boosts appreciated. If you don't know sources, someone else might.
#AskFedi #Email #IM #Messenger #chatmail #chatmailrelay #FOSS #opensource #tech #technology #software
Someone interested in contributing to a #notmuch #email reader in #rust ?
I am currently writing a #ratatui frontend, but I also plan to implement a #slint frontend.
And I am making pretty good progress right now. Maybe I get to a point where one can actually look at email content by sunday afternoon. 😆
We never did a proper #introduction, did we? 😲
Hi Fediverse, we're Thunderbird, an #opensource #email client available for free on Linux, Windows, MacOS and now on Android!
You can use Thunderbird for managing an unlimited number of mail accounts, calendars, newsgroup accounts, and RSS feeds. You can also chat using your @matrix account.
💙 LIKES: Open standards, privacy, freedom, customization.
🚫 DISLIKES: Proprietary code.
Nice to meet you 📩
Your #Email is Spying on You – But You Can Stop This!
Internet fragmentation is real in many countries and regions today but did you know that this "Sometimes-Internet" was the reality of the 1980ties when #email evolved?
#chatmail relays are cheap, secure, fast, ephemeral and resilient server setups for the growing Sometimes-Internet, using cryptography for planetary-scale interop:
- E2EE-only, strict TLS+DKIM
- no spam-check magic
- delay/cut-off tolerant
- messages removed after download
- addresses removed if stale
- push notifications
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Chatmail logo ... The classical "@" sign but with a slight chat bubble on the lower left
https://chatmail.at
Finally managed to get a mail server running that Gmail actually accepts deliveries from.
It's kind of stupid that my attempt to degooglify that part of my life still depends heavily on Google. Sure, I could just not put all the security theatrics in they demand, but then I couldn't send any emails to any Gmail addresses.
Anyway, I am using maddy.email for my server, which combines the various roles of the usual email servers (mta, mda, etc.) into a single app.
#AdGuard Mail v1.0: Email replies, new domains, improvements, and subscription
I’ve begun my journey to reduce my reliance on US tech, so it’s time for an update on how it’s all going.
No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/getting-off-us-tech-is-no-easy-task
Fedifriends! Am I correct in assuming that there is no #keyboard #shortcut for new *plain text* message in #Thunderbird?
Our May Mobile Progress Report shows how we're:
*getting ready for JMAP in iOS
* planing early for TestFlight
* coordinating localization for both apps
* asking for feedback with the Android beta
* improving the account drawer and more
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/06/thunderbird-mobile-progress-report-may-2025/
📝 Recommended email providers #Tech #Privacy #Email
I'm reasonably confident I've tried every privacy-friendly email provider out there. I prefer some over others and haven't run into any significant issues with any of them.
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/recommended-email-providers
boostedWe are basically doing what #signal and in particular moxie refused to do or declares impossible: federation.
Both #email and #activitypub ecosystems are all about federation.
However, #deltachat is vertically centralized in that all UIs use the same #rust core which implements all networking, encryption, chat/group/message logic in a single centralized place. The now 40+ #chatmail mail relay network is driven from centralized code.
At each level replication and federation is built in.
Everyone returns to email in the end. We are there already. #whatsapp wants you to add your email to secure your account ... despite all the nay sayers and numerous well funded attempts and claims to kill #email not even WA can do it. #deltachat #chatmail and #webxdc are about deep collab between people, projects and operators to evolve email from within. It is not just about SMTP and IMAP and MIME and OpenPGP which are all exchangeable and can be improved ... Which we set out to do. Cheers.
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Whatsapp message suggesting to add your email address for extra security
Hacker steals 1 million Cock(dot)li user records in #webmail #DataBreach
#Microsoft #Outlook to block more risky attachments used in attacks
One of the infuriating things with e-mail is, e-mail conversations are actually a tree structure but mail apps try to show them as threads which gets incredibly confusing
That, and every message contains every previous message so there's a superlinear growth in the size of the conversation. If your correspondents use a different mail client than you then your client probably won't know how to strip out the history so it becomes an unreadable mess
I hate #email so much, can it just die already?
Finally have some free time to start moving away from a Gmail email address. Can anybody recommend a fully hosted email service provider?
I can pay.
Something like Fastmail, with the ability for aliases, and a clean, HTML, designed interface that isn't trying to be an app in a browser? But the ability to view messages as plain text.
Proton Mail is a no go because their LLMs poke all through your messages. I want something without AI bullshit.
I'd use Fastmail but they don't work with my VOIP mobile numbers and constantly engage in union busting so want something else.
Comparing #XMPP against #email protocols is too limited. What sets #deltachat apart is *vertical integration* and being driven by UI/UX considerations. Cross-platform Apps and Bots use the Rust core library which connects with #chatmail relays and classic email servers based on a higher level API -- abstracting over SMTP, MIME, #OpenPGP etc. See https://chatmail.at
#webxdc apps in turn use an even higher level stable API abstracting over email/xmpp/... see https://webxdc.org/docs/
Considering that both #XMPP and #Matrix re-invented #decentralized communication while #email was already there, makes #deltachat more interesting.
The fact that DC didn't invent a new protocol for #InstantMessaging and just used the protocol which was already there, and also that how far has it gone, is mind blowing.
At first when I was chatting with @treefit, I already was developing a Matrix client(#chooj) for #KaiOS and it was the only decentralized IM which I was using and investing resources into. I was skeptical but then I thought it would be a good idea to invest into DeltaChat, as well as Matrix. His argument, of course, wasn't good. He was arguing that we need multiple options in the case one of decentralized IMs fail. However this convinced me to give DC a try.
But now, I see that DC has very unique advantages no other messenger has. Their moto is "playing the long term" game. Unlike Matrix which suddenly exploded, DC moves very slowly. As an advantage, DC is much more consistent, hassle free, has less bugs(in my experience) and has better UI/UX than many Matrix clients. But it has got several disadvantages. Matrix has tons more features which DC hasn't got or has added them just recently such as editing messages and reactions. And it is not yet suitable for public groups, like the ones we've got in the Matrix network.
Overall, if you want secure chat with friends or family or other people you trust, DeltaChat is a very good option and the experience is very good. And I haven't seen something like #webxdc in any other IM. However if you want something like #Discord guilds for a community, Matrix is the way to go.
BTW, DC currently lacks funding, thanks to what #Trump did with #OpenTechnologyFund(#OTF). If you can help in anyway, financial or otherwise, it will be extra valuable at this point.
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BTW, here are websites of webxdc and DC:
https://delta.chat
https://webxdc.org/
Edit2: Make sure to check WebXDC, apps shared in #P2P deltachat groups or DMs.
#IM #FOSS #Messenger #MessagingApp #opensource #opensourceIM #freesoftware
The point is that DeltaChat didn't invent a new protocol, start something from scratch and write the software for it from the first line. As there is a saying:
Good programmers write programs from scratch. Great programmers find an already existing program and use it as a base.
#DeltaChat didn't invent #Email, #PGP, #autocrypt or new technology for #webxdc. Even WebXDC's real time channels don't use a technology invented by DC.
📝 Despite the warnings, I tried self-hosting my email #Development #Webdev #Fastmail #Tech #Email
I've been moving more and more of the infrastructure I run and host on to my own servers. One thing led to another and nearly all of what I used was there: analytics, photo storage, music, RSS, saved links and on and on. I got the itch to try this with email.
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/despite-the-warnings-i-tried-self-hosting-my-email
@jwildeboer's recent thread about his CA co-op idea inspired me to write down some thoughts on email encryption.
I have been using #Outlook a bit lately because I have a client who's into the Microsoft ecosystem
Something I find extremely annoying is: all the links in all the e-mail I get is converted by the #email server to links to safelinks.protection.outlook.com. This sounds like it's intended to be a security measure, but what it means in practice is that I'm *less* careful about clicking links, because there's now a ton of extra friction involved in checking what a link actually goes to
I hate this
Thank you for the clarification of the verification process and the link to the documentation explaining the process.
https://securejoin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
#Federated #FediVerse #OpenSource #POSIX #Chat #Mail #Secure #encryption #programming #underlords #DeltaChat #email
So, I am creating a new #pgp key for my #email, is "RSA" #encryption still the way to go? I noticed #GPG's default is "ECC" now
Thanks in advance!
»OpenPGP.js bug enables encrypted message spoofing:
Security researchers are sounding the alarm over a fresh flaw in the JavaScript implementation of OpenPGP (OpenPGP.js) that allows both signed and encrypted messages to be spoofed.«
I hope this will be resolved as soon as possible and the web email hosters will then also use the current version.
🔓 https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/20/openpgp_js_flaw/
#openpgp #javascript #email #secirity #privacy #spoofing #itsecurity #itsec #itsec #poc #flaw
Google, #LetsEncrypt and the CA/Browser Forum continues its war against anything that isn't the Web. </ngate>
#Microsoft has blocked its services to the International Criminal Court by order of Donald #Trump. The #ICC prosecutor doesn’t have access to his #email. Source:AP
https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3
We've had a few iOS updates in the last few Android Progress Reports, but with more substantial iOS news, it's time for a name change! So here's the shiny, new(ish) Mobile Progress Report! ✨
Last month, we published our initial iOS repository, made plans for Testflight and laid out our intended initial features. We also discuss initial release engineering and localization decisions. For the Android app, we made a LOT of fixes. 🔧
#Thunderbird #iOS #Android #Email
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/05/thunderbird-for-mobile-april-2025-progress-report/
Quins proveïdors alternatius a #Gmail hi ha?
Fa uns dies ho vaig demanar per aquí i me vàreu donar opcions molt interessants.
Com que me costa decidir-me, he fet una taula per recollir algunes variables que crec que s'han de tenir en compte. Potser falta alguna informació o detall a considerar. Són dades obtingudes dels webs respectius.
Ara que creix l'interès per sortir de les #BigTech, potser serveix per veure que hi ha un nínxol per a una #cooperativa 😉
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Taula amb diferents proveïdors de serveis de correu electrònic a les files i diverses variables a les columnes: país, sistema de governança, disponibilitat del català, punt fort dels servei, presència a F-Droid, presència al Fedivers, si és de pagament i quant, Gb disponibles i si dona dret a un servei de núvol.
@pixelschubsi and if you want o compare plain protocols #xmpp vs #email I think email servers can be more lightweight, at the very least providing much more features for Delta Chat users than a minimal xmpp server without any extra XEPs enabled would do, because all functionality in Delta Chat is on the client side, the server is a dumb "storage and forward" server that knows nothing about groups, chats or whatsoever, and email was there even before the web etc.
The April Dev Digest is out! Learn about all our ongoing development and find out where you can help us test upcoming features. This month's blog focuses on:
* The upcoming Extended Support Release
* The Calendar UI rebuild
* Exchange support
* Account Hub
* and the Global Messaging Database
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/05/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-april-2025/
Anybody have recommendations for #email providers? I've been using @mailbox_org since 2019 but the service is going downhill. They are outright blocking mail from a number of legit senders, support now takes days to respond and when it does it's not particularly helpful).
I last reviewed mail providers in 2019 here https://changelog.complete.org/archives/9952-review-of-secure-privacy-respecting-email-services .
My criteria -- it must: let me bring my own domain, by privacy-respecting, have reasonable support, not require clients other than IMAP/SMTP. #askfedi
I am so old, I remember how in our (still existing) federated network of machines exchanging messages between users we had what you young folks call "defederating" since many, many years. But we called and call it DNSBL (Domain Name System blocklist) or RBL (Realtime BlockLists). Hello Spamhaus, old friend ;) #email #OldSysadmin
It's been a while, but our Thursday Thunderbird Tips are back! And our first post is all about Thunderbird keyboard shortcuts. If you're already using them, awesome! If not, we’ve got a guide to get you started! 🤔 ⌨️
#Thunderbird #ThunderbirdTips #Email
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-thunderbird
@cy if you want to do so, you can! and you will be able to communicate from your sassy PGP+email setup with non-tech people that on the other hand just want a messenger on the style of #WhatsApp and not to fiddle with PGP keys and configuring a classic email client to properly encrypt messages and read chats in an INBOX instead of a chat conversation.
#DeltaChat is basically making #e2e encrypted #email accessible to the masses without they even needing to know what encryption or PGP is
@debby @monocles @Stuxhost well, @delta / #deltaChat is not using #XMPP+#OMEMO (unlike #monoclesChat & #gajim) but #PGP/MIME on regular #eMail, which makes it way easier to setup in organizations as "nit yet another server needed" and also easier to comply with mandatory #archival laws in #business use-cases.
#Session & #Signal, like #Telegram & #WhatsApp, do not have their #backend opensourced nor allow #SelfHosting and demand #PII like #PhoneNumbers for registration if not useage for no valid reason. Plus they are not just able but obviously willing to snitch on their users (something neither DeltaChat nor monocles chat demand or even can as both do 100% #SelfCustody of all the keys!)
As for #sustainability, monocles is financed by #subscribers (they charge like €2 p.m. for mail & chat) and they can be paid completely anonymously (#Monero & #CashByMail!), whereas #Signal is a #MoneyBurningParty which engages in #Shitcoin-#Scams (see #MobileCoin!) for no valid reason…
We are not aware of other FOSS development teams that have as extensive knowledge, both theoretical and practical, about #email and #openpgp and regularly release across all platforms for users world wide ... except for #protonmail with whose technical and security experts we discuss regularly. They are the other major game in town doing pervasive email encryption after all. Did you know that Proton's and delta's VCards are compatible across ecosystems and establish immediate encryption?