Amiga 68k mail provider suggestions

[Orphan264]

I am looking to use YAM or similar mail client on my Amiga 4000 and I wanted to set up an email account with a free provider for my usage there. Can anyone suggestion providers that WORK WELL with Amiga mail clients? Yahoo? AOL? What do YOU use? What client/provider combinations work well? Thanks in advance.

[giZmo350]

I did learn this recently, since nearly ALL email is encrypted these days, and since (I don't think) there is NOT an Amiga email client that works with encryption, you best shot at success is to use the email service that your ISP provides as then encryption is not mandatory (with some ISP's). You might have to do a little investigating.

[TCMSLP]

I did learn this recently, since nearly ALL email is encrypted these days, and since (I don't think) there is NOT an Amiga email client that works with encryption, you best shot at success is to use the email service that your ISP provides as then encryption is not mandatory (with some ISP's). You might have to do a little investigating.

Or set up your own mail server on something like a small AWS instance.

Steve

[LoadWB]

It is also not difficult to set up stunnel on a machine which sits in your network.  Windows or Linux.  Just set it up to accept the unencrypted connection from the Amiga and connect to the mail system of choice.

[Orphan264]

I appreciate all the suggestions, thanks for posting!

I guess it is a little more involved than I wanted to get at the moment. perhaps in a couple of weeks I will give STUNNEL a shot.

[kolla]

Or set up your own mail server on something like a small AWS instance.

If you want to use insecure legacy protocols, then at least keep them close to the client, not up in the cloud, where anyone on the line can read your traffic.

This is exactly why I have a Pi zero installed into all my Amiga systems, to act as gateway/proxy between old legacy protocols (between Amiga and Pi, 15 cm ethernet or serial cable), and modern protocols (between the Pi and the big bad world).

[Tenacious]

If you want to use insecure legacy protocols, then at least keep them close to the client, not up in the cloud, where anyone on the line can read your traffic.

This is exactly why I have a Pi zero installed into all my Amiga systems, to act as gateway/proxy between old legacy protocols (between Amiga and Pi, 15 cm ethernet or serial cable), and modern protocols (between the Pi and the big bad world).

This is interesting!  What other modern chores do you off-load to a Pi Zero? USB?  Through which Amiga port do you connect the PI?

If no one has championed it yet, I wonder if there could be a standard Pi Zero interface, similar in function to the old PC twin system, to add modern media and connectivity without burdening the Amiga OS.

[johnklos]

Dedicating something like a Raspberry Pi or a Nano Pi to an Amiga is an excellent idea. If you don't have an ethernet for your Amiga, it can do SLIP or PPP over serial and connect to the Internet via wireless or ethernet.

Running stunnel on the Pi is the best way to deal with SSL / TLS. The worst possible way is to turn it all off. With an up to date version of stunnel, you won't have all the SSL / TLS issues that older software has.

There are other things a Pi can do, too, such as act as a web rendering proxy, a fileserver, and more.

[jj]

Looks like the peeps doing the new checkmate case are adding in the ability to have a PI in the case with your piggy