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[Freedombox-discuss] Email on the FreedomBox Discussion



haven't read all of the discussion but i would like to comment against the
inclusion of email, and propose anonymous remailers like a mixmaster setup
with some new GUI/web based that will be easy to use.

2011/8/24 Bjarni R?nar Einarsson <bre at pagekite.net>

> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> > As an aside, I do not share the experience of Bjarni regarding ISP port
> > blocking: In my experience most danish ISPs block port 25 by default
> > only to minimize harm from clueless users (by the assumption they might
> > be similarly clueless about virus/botnet infections of they machines).
> > Simply asking nicely and explicitly is enough to get all ports opened
> > (often free of charge).
>
> I didn't mean to suggest this was an insurmountable hurdle and that
> all or even most ISPs were hostile - just that the default situation
> is that these things cannot be assumed to work out-of-the-box.
>
> Adding "call your ISP and ask them to open up ports" to the FreedomBox
> installation sequence is not exactly a plug-and-play experience. :-)
> This would be a massive usability problem.  For some of the things
> people want to do, it may be necessary though.
>
> --
> Bjarni R. Einarsson
> Founder, lead developer of PageKite.
>
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~Nathan
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