[TriLUG] In a LUG a long time ago

[cov at mykolab.com]

Hi Igor,

On 2014-11-03 13:17, Igor Partola wrote:
> In a LUG, a long time ago, but somehow still in the future, email and
> "cloud" services were provided to its members for free.
> 
> So I have been on what feels like a never ending quest to move my email 
> off
> GMail for various privacy and vendor lock-in concerns. The requirements 
> are
> that it should provide plenty of space (at least 5 GB's) as I am 
> unwilling
> to change my pattern of archiving various conversations for later, be
> extremely reliable, and have great spam protection.

Have you looked at MyKolab.com? I've liked them so far. It's not cheap, 
but I
like to think at least some of what I pay furthers the development of 
libre
groupware software.

> This could also be a benefit to community: an opportunity for all those
> comp sci majors at Duke, UNC, and NC State to volunteer and learn quite 
> a
> bit about how to run a real service provider, how to run a secure 
> system,
> etc.

I think such lessons are best learned from a virtual machine per 
student,
not a shared host.

Cov