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authorGustav Eek <gustav@fripost.org>2015-01-20 22:29:19 +0100
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-# Fripost &ndash; The Free Email Association
-
-Technology has never been neutral. The ownership structure of technology
-companies and their endeavour for profit ensures that usage of their services
-for work and communication will never be free.
-
-At the same time, only a fraction of the everyday Internet users have knowledge
-and resources enough to create free alternatives on their own. The question is
-also: What can reasonably be expected from an average user in terms of
-engagement in their privacy and freedom?
-
-For any one individual, the goal of user freedom may be unattainable. Together,
-we can move mountains.
-
-We are proud to present the Association for Free Email, Fripost. Fripost has
-since late 2010 delivered a free and reliable email service, with a distributed
-network of servers.
-
-[[!toc levels=2]]
-
-## Join Now
-
-We are happy do declare that the membership fee has been decreased. Since the
-yearly meeting in Mars 2012 we lowered the entrance fee from 300 to 200
-SEK. Fripost consists of all members together, and the only way to strengthen
-our strives is to become more. A lowered fee has been one of the wishes of
-Fripost's members, and a lowered fee also lowers the threshold for to free your
-mailing.
-
-You become a member by sending 200 SEK to the association
- * Through bank payment,
- * PayPal, or
- * By cash payment at one of the association's meetings.
-
-200 SEK &ndash; A small price for freedom
-
-Paying the membership fee corresponds to the smallest effort members commit to
-in the association, but we expect members to take larger part in the work of
-Fripost. That means, for example, to sometime show up at the association's
-activities, or take part in the
-[[mailing lists|https://lists.fripost.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo]]
-or at [[Fripost's wiki|https://wiki.fripost.org]].
-
-Donations are also appreciated. Fripost suggests that one can join and at
-the same time contribute with 300 SEK. To do so, pay 500 SEK to one of the bank accounts
-or use the special PayPal button.
-
- * Plusgiro &ndash; 477884-1
- * Bankgiro &ndash; 311-5060
-
-It is also possible to use cash payment in contact with someone in the
-association.
-
-Fripost cares about its members integrity, and encourages vigilance against
-giving out personal information. In that spirit Fripost offers anonymous
-memberships, for which the only information needed is
-
- * The desired email address (e.g. your.name@fripost.org).
-
-However, in order to make it possible for Fripost to reach to you with important
-information, you may want to provide:
-
- * Full name
- * Current email address (recommended)
- * Phone number
- * Physical address
- * Whether you want to join the member mailing list
-
-The member mailing list is the main channel for information within the
-association. Members are not added by default, so you have to explicitly state
-that you what to be added to the list.
-
-More details (in Swedish) are found at the
-[[membership page|medlemskap]]
-
-## The deal
-
-A membership means:
-
-- One email address, one inbox, and the possibility of one extra alias at fripost.org
-- The possibility to associate one domain of your own to fripost.org
-- Unlimited number of aliases on the associated domain.
-
-## Contact
-
-To contact us, send an email to
-[[info@fripost.org|mailto:info@firpost.org]].
-
-## Mailing lists
-
-Internally, we use the mailing lists to communicate. If you are a
-member but not yet on the list, contact us so we can add you.
-
-The members list is open for all members and participation is strictly
-voluntary.
-
-## IRC
-
-If you use [[IRC|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat]],
-you may want to join
-[[#fripost|https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#fripost]] at
-[[freenode.net|http://www.freenode.net/]].
-
-# Fripost &ndash; Free Mailing
-
-Free your mailing!
-
-The Internet is the most important communication medium in the majority of the
-industrialised world. For those who take user freedom seriously it is saddening
-to see how the Internet has changed from being a highly distributed network to
-the increasingly privatised web we encounter today. A few strong parties control
-major segments of important infrastructure that millions of users depend on
-every day.
-
-## Software as a Service
-
-A concept introduced in the spirit of centralisation is Software as a Service
-(SaaS). SaaS means that users perform their computer work on or through a
-network server on the Internet or a local network. Examples of SaaS are Amazon
-Cloud and Google Docs. One of the main problems with SaaS is that the users has
-no control over their data.
-
-## Privacy and Surveillance
-
-With large clientele comes a lot of power. Large transnational operators, such
-as Google, are profiting from efficient use of privacy invading
-schemes. Together with e.g. Google's email service one also gets things that was
-probably not asked for: advertisement, semantic analysis of email contents, and
-spying. One part of Google's marketing strategy is to sell the collected
-information to third party.
-
-## The Free Email Association
-
-Fripost was founded in order to take back a small, but important, part of our
-Internet life, namely the email communication infrastructure. We gather around
-several servers that receive and stores the members' email. The reliability of
-the service is of course of great importance.
-
-Apart from reliability, also integrity preserving, democratic participation and
-transparency are the watchwords of Fripost. The association will never be
-interested in the content of its members' emails or other dealings. The
-association never supplies information regarding members activities to third
-party. Fripost keeps logs, and that is a part of all responsible service. But
-these logs are only for reliable maintenance, and will never be used for other
-purposes.
-
-All work within the association is voluntary. The association is administrated
-by a democratically elected board, and the server administrators are chosen on
-democratic grounds.
-
-## What's the Difference?
-
-With mail services on today's market, users have no power over their mailing,
-and must follow suit the provider's all whims. In that sense, those services can
-never be regarded as free, as in freedom. However, the email service provided
-through Fripost is free! This because of the co-ownership of the association's
-means and the democratic structure of non-profit organisations. No private
-for-profit corporation can offer that, at whatever price.
-
-Through collective organisation, Fripost render it possible for individuals to
-bring yet another part of their computer usage under their own control.
-
-User freedom is possible!
-
-## Participate
-
-The membership fee, 200 SEK, is a small price for freedom.
-
-Fripost is based on voluntary work. There are always things to do for those who
-want to get involved. As said before, paying the membership fee corresponds to
-the smallest effort members take in the association, but we expect members to
-take larger part in the work of Fripost: sometime show up at the association's
-activities, or be active on the association's [[wiki|https://wiki.fripost.org]],
-[[email lists|https://lists.fripost.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo]], and
-chat channel [[#fripost|https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#fripost]] on
-[[freenode|http://www.freenode.net/]].
-
-Many of Fripost's members also participate by just configuring their email
-clients and free their mailing.
-
-Members are as active in the association as they like, and all members have the same
-possibilities to take part in the association's democratic process.
-
-## More Information
-
-Fripost's official language is Swedish. however, many members, also in
-the administrators team, are non Swedish speakers. Therefore by-laws
-and similar documents are written in Swedish, but documentation and
-such is all in English. Documentation is in English also because of
-that one of the main ideas with Fripost is to encourage others to
-follow Fripost's initiative. Fripost's documentation is a good way to
-get started.
-
-More sources of information
- * [[Abstract of a talk|https://fscons.org/2010/infrastructure/distributed-email-system.html]],
- given by Gustav Eek and Stefan Kangas at FSCONS, November 2010
- * [[Fripost's wiki|https://wiki.fripost.org]] contains ideas,
- instructions, and minutes
- * [[The Git repositories|http://git.fripost.org]]
-
-For further questions see [[contact page|kontakt] for how to get in
-contact with Fripost.
-
-Fripost started as a project within Göteborg Fellowship of FSFE, but
-is now an independent association.
-
-A version of this text is available as a
-[[leaflet|http://fripost.org/material/leaflet.pdf]], which you can
-print and use to spread the word.
-