Re: BBS sysops and retro nerds: seeking

On 10/25/22 15:27, Atreyu wrote:
> On 08 Jul 22  23:12:14, Tengri Temujin said the following to All:
> 
> TT> I am seeking a BBS or retro network that offers secure Internet
> TT> email
> TT> with POP3 or IMAP access with SSL/TLS. Bonus if it can relay
> TT> messages to
> TT> and from from FIDONET / DOVE-NET or other boutique networks.
> 
> Fidonet and Othernets do not and will not offer this.
> 
> TT> The benefit to me is that these small system network ops take great
> TT> care
> TT> of their customers, and they don't have artificial intelligence
> TT> algorithms scanning the messages, or loon employees doxing people's
> TT> emails.
> 
> If you are concerned about these things then why not just get a static
> IP or
> rent a VM/VPS from a service like Ovh.ca and host your email system?


The benefit is that someone else is already doing all the administrative 
work. Why repeat all that work if I can just pay someone else to do it?

I do not want to go with advertised email providers because they all 
violate privacy. They say that they don't but I know they lie like rugs.

A small-scale sysop cannot afford the reputation burn of rifling through 
emails or doxing and thus is far less likely to do so.

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Tengri Temujin