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> to your existing email accounts This implies to me that it will work on top of my existing gmail/yahoo accounts. I take it that's not the case? > Mailelf is
by muxxa 13y ago
> to your existing email accounts
This implies to me that it will work on top of my existing gmail/yahoo accounts. I take it that's not the case?
> Mailelf is built to make running your own server easy
Elsewhere it says that you simply download and run the app from your computer. How is that 'running a mail server'?
In order to back, I'd need a lot more detail to convince me that the project author has a deep understanding of how the proposed system will work. A good start would be to outline how email works now, and how Mailelf will differ from e.g. Thunderbird setup with a PGP plugin.
Additionally, how the recipient is supposed to read the encrypted email isn't addressed in the description.
- Xeoncross 13y agoMailelf will certainly work with your existing accounts. That is the primary goal so that people don't have to change email or providers. We want normal people to be able to easily use this application (which happens to have some server features). We would like to ultimately provide MTA features. However, if you know what you are doing you can already run exim or postfix as your own MTA. The initial Mailelf app will act as a MUA (client) and take care of handling key exchanges and securing messages between other Mailelf users and existing PGP setups (existing asymmetric cryptography). Enigmail is a great way to get stated using PGP, but it is still too high of a barrier for most people who want something more simple.