Re:Newbie wants to exit Google apps set up email etc.
by brudgers on Sunday March 29, 2015 @02:03PM
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Since SMTP email is sent in plaintext by default, what people send you can never be assumed to be private. Setting up your own server doesn't change that. Also SMTP email is "best effort" which means that the route between sender and receiver is arbitrary. This means that you can't control which servers an email sent to you passes through. Setting up your own email server doesn't change that.
As a sender, you can exert some control of these things, like encrypting your communications but that only works if the person receiving the email is willing to decrypt it. Setting up your own email server doesn't change that either.
For other apps like word processors and spreadsheets, it is of course very practical to set up these locally using FOSS or commercial alternatives. Once you share them by email of course all email issues apply.
As a sender, you can exert some control of these things, like encrypting your communications but that only works if the person receiving the email is willing to decrypt it. Setting up your own email server doesn't change that either.
For other apps like word processors and spreadsheets, it is of course very practical to set up these locally using FOSS or commercial alternatives. Once you share them by email of course all email issues apply.
TANSTAAFL. Good luck.