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Tips for avoiding open source mail server errors, esp. with privacy compliance issues

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 21, 2015

Startups with top secret intellectual property need the privacy, security, & control of dedicated email servers. Linux programmers love open source mail service. Open source, which has become a huge part of Silicon Valley tech culture, can make relatively simple things, like setting up email complicated & time-consuming. Mail security/privacy guru Ken Simpson, CEO & co-founder of MailChannels, can offer practical tips. For instance, he advises admins to secure users’ desktops using a live Linux distribution like Tails (the Amnesic Incognito Live System), and encrypt email that you then send through a reliable service like Gmail. This is the setup that Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras, and the rest of the leak gang use.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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