Ab sofort nimmt mein Mailserver keine E-Mails mehr an, die unverschlüsselt reinkommen. Solltest du mir also eine Mail schicken und du bekommst eine Unzustellbar-Mail, dann steht da sicher folgender Fehler drinnen: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first Das heißt, dass dein E-Mailanbieter keine Verschlüsselung von E-Mails auf dem Transportweg unterstützt. Damit ist gemeint:…
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E-Mail encryption
Effective immediately, I have configured my mail server to reject incoming e-mails without transport level security. So if you send me an e-mail and it bounces, there probably will be an error like this in your bounce mail: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first That means that your E-Mail provider does not support encrypting…
Continue readingEnd of net neutrality
I just came across this interesting tweet from EUs digital commissioner Günter Öttinger: Well done sir! You have been known for unintentionally funny statements before and now you may add another one to your list. The sad thing is: When the EU members actually do pass this law, this will indeed be the end of…
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The Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has blogged about his decision about letting the Greek people vote on the the institutions (aka Troika) proposal. The proposal itself can be found here. I genuinely recommend you read both (proposal first, then Mr. Varoufakis’s take on it) as they are very insightful. Here’s my take on it….
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