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PoliticAverse

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3. Since you want your mail to be stored online somewhere that isn't your computer...

Reply to Shankapotomus (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 12:01 PM

Apr 2012

the computer that's receiving/sending/storing the email has to be running a program specifically for handling email (can't be a webscript, the web and email are
really different things) and really needs to be running 24/7.

You mentioned that you looked at lavabit.com. What were they missing that you wanted ?

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Know nothing about web servers but [View all] Shankapotomus Apr 2012 OP

Looking what they offer this apparently won't do what you want... PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #1

And so Shankapotomus Apr 2012 #2

Since you want your mail to be stored online somewhere that isn't your computer... PoliticAverse Apr 2012 #3

Actually, until about 2 minutes ago, Shankapotomus Apr 2012 #4

Sorry for stating the obvious, but.. DaveJ Apr 2012 #5