Email insecurity (was One of the great benefits of Open Source)

Posted Nov 7, 2025 13:15 UTC (Fri) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
In reply to: Email insecurity (was One of the great benefits of Open Source) by taladar
Parent article: Debian to require Rust as of May 2026

I have used email in all of those roles: As an end-user, as a programmer/admin trying to send email, and as a mail server administrator.

It's very convenient as an end-user, not too bad as a programmer, and a little annoying but manageable as a mail server administrator. I was also in the email security field for almost two decades and helped administer systems with hundreds of thousands of users... so I know email!

Don't discount the network effect. It's huge. And it's why none of the countless proposals similar to yours have ever gained much traction; people have viewed them as too much cost for too little benefit.

Email insecurity (was One of the great benefits of Open Source)

Posted Nov 7, 2025 13:23 UTC (Fri) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]

> If you think email is convenient you have never used email as either a user, a programmer/admin trying to send emails or the admin of a mail server.

I think you have greatly misjudged the experience of the person you are talking to, so this comment is probably a mistake.