• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    What’s a “FOSS email provider”?

    An email provider that uses FOSS products under the hood but operates as a normal for-profit company?

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      7 hours ago

      That’s what I’m asking! I would assume that they would be some sort of non-profit that would operate on FOSS, but is that really even an option w/r/t security? Proton has FOSS licensing, but their backend isn’t really open is it?

      The OP is talking about email, and the comment I replied to was talking about open software for businesses, so I was asking for alternatives. I’m not really tech savvy enough to operate my own private email server.