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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921230805-24082011>Hi
Everybody,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#ff0000><bdale></FONT> dogstar: to me, 'email' means smtp, et al ..
however, vasile will attest that I've mentioned several times that to do
something truly distributed and secure, we need to think more in terms of
messaging other than smtp</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#ff0000><bdale></FONT> fiftyfour: configuring an smtp+imap email
service could be done in lots of ways, none of which directly align with or
promote many of the desired attributes of a freedombox. so, exactly what
additional value we can or should add to the email experience of a given user is
a topic where I think some research and discussion would be
good</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=921230805-24082011><FONT size=2>The FreedomBox
(FBX) IRC Chat on the </FONT><FONT size=2>2011-08-15 15:00UTC raised the
possibility that the FBX will not have email. This is the discussion that bdale
requested.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=921230805-24082011><FONT size=2>I am a user
who wants my email on my FBX rather than my ISP's server - my
data on my FBX. I primarily receive email for quotes, purchases, delivery
notices, bill notices, school-related activities (my children), party
invites and registering at websites (identity management). I also
use email to write to my family or who live in a different country and
lately I have been using email to write to the the FreedomBox mailing list ;) I
don't see businesses or primary schools (the school bans the use of Facebook)
giving up the use of email or websites requesting email addresses any time soon.
These are the reasons I would like to see email on the FBX reference
implementation and besides the Foundation states a FBX will have "</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Email and telecommunications that protects privacy
and resists eavesdropping". <FONT face=Arial size=2>My primary applications are
browser, email and a word-processor. Every PC comes with these applications
pre-installed, but they do not come with an XMPP or SIP
clients.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921230805-24082011>First of all, I
would be gratefully if somebody could explain how an smtp+imap email service
does not align or promote many of the desired attributes of a
FBX?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921230805-24082011>Secondly, for me
webmail/email is a mature application so I don't understand why the
FBX has to add additional value to the email
experience?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921230805-24082011>Facebook's messaging
application is basically email by another name. AFAICT, Friendika (distributed
social networking software) requires an IMAP server
(Friendika settings) for their messaging
application.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921230805-24082011>Let the discussion
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