Re: Tutanota's paywall

On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 08:53:37AM -0400, Jonathan M Gresham wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 08:21:35PM +0000, name at domain wrote:
> > Today, when I wanted to search my mailbox for a specific email -which was
> > sent to me long time ago- I found out Tutanota doesn't include emails which
> > were sent more than one month ago in search results. That pretty much makes
> > it useless for me (unless I pay). What makes it more nasty, is that they
> > won't tell you this on registration (they are hiding this, in a tool tip in
> > "more details" section). I know that technically it is possible to fork
> > their email client and create this feature, but this is not gonna happen
> > anytime soon. I also found by "Open source email" they just mean the clients
> > (which IceDove already provides that) and not the server applications.
> >
> > I'm really sad because I loved Tutanota so much :(
>
>
> I suggest having about 20 bucks on your card and not spending it on Tutanota.
> Instead go to https://landchad.net and follow the guide to setup your own vps
> with vultr and run your own mail server that way. all the guides are up there
> and if you need a quick Email Wizard script to setup it up on your VPS goto
> https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/emailwiz but after that there are things you
> have to do with your domain name registrar.
Oh and its pretty cheap after you pick the cheapest option and you
just have a little vps for a website and mail server: pay 10$ for a couple
of years on the domain and then 4-6$ a month for the vps.

> Instead go to https://landchad.net and follow the guide to setup your own vps
with vultr and run your own mail server that way.

Thanks for the really interesting link, I'll check the details of the guide but I want to try that on a computer at home rather than on a vps.