Jan 28, 2011
riseup is not only one of the biggest independent mail provider, they do development too...."developing software libre for social justice"
they provide services like a vpn connection, you can use if your local network firewalls you and you can't access certain websites, or if you don't want your ip adress known to the web
here's the howto: https://we.riseup.net/riseuphelp+en/vpn-howto
and since i'm on it: http://www.movements.org/how-to/entry/send-receive-encrypted-email/
really important, normal mail is like a postcard, EVERYONE can read it, if its encrypted only sender and receiver can access it
there's another good how to for mail encryption: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto