[kwlug disc.] Home e-mail server vs. freeshell.org?

[Paul Nijjar]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Unsolicited wrote:

> Anyone have any downsides to doing this on freeshell? e.g.
> Performance, Speed? Paul?

 	Well, I'm just using freeshell.org as a Hotmail/GMail/whatever 
replacement, because for whatever reason I trust a grassroots politicized 
UNIX project more than I trust Google. I ssh in and use PINE on their box, 
which can get laggy. 150MB of mail archives is pretty good, but it's small 
compared to what other commercial mail services offer. That can be an 
issue when people causally e-mail around 2MB PDF files.
 	So far the service has been pretty reliable for me, although it 
has not been perfect. Spam has not been much of a problem either.

 	I take it you are looking at the VPM membership for $20 annually? 
I don't see how that is so different from getting mailboxes through an 
ISP. You also won't get your own domain, I think -- the addresses would be 
something like user at unsolicited.freeshell.org . If you want more 
functionality than that it will cost you more. The SDF people have a way 
of asking for money a lot.

 	One issue you may need to check before getting a VPM membership is 
to see how quota gets allocated to these 20 mailboxes. I don't know 
whether the 20 mailboxes share 150MB of quota between them or what.

- Paul

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