Subj : Re: encrypted email providers
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Warpslide
Date : Wed Jun 02 2021 05:57 pm

On 01 Jun 2021, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...
 
 pF> I looked into running my own services recently. I ran my own services
 pF> from 1999 through 2006 or so, then went to a webhost/email combination.
 pF> Been thinking about moving it in-house for a couple of reasons.

 pF> If only a VPS had an option to encrypt the filesystem of a remote
 pF> system, that would rock. 

https://thehelm.com/

I've been eyeing these guys up, but I need someone smarter than me to tell me
all about it & whether/how it works.

The idea behind this service is you have the box in your house which acts as
the email server.  Since residential IPs often are blocked for email services
this box makes a VPN connection to their servers which do all the email
connections on their side.

They say they can't see any of your email traffic passing through this VPN
connection, which I guess could be the case for any TLS encrypted traffic.

The local hard drive is encrypted so if someone steals the device they can't
access the data on it.  You can use your own domain names which is a plus,
but there is no webmail which is kind of a deal-breaker for me.

There's also a US$99 /year subscription cost.


Jay

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