FreenetWiki: Freemail

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For information on setting up and using Freemail, see http://freenetproject.org/freemail.html

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~~For information on setting up mail and using Freemail, see http://freenetproject.org/freemail.html~~

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For information on setting up mail and using Freemail, see http://freenetproject.org/freemail.html

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~~For information on setting up and using Freemail, see http://freenetproject.org/freemail.html~~

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This is an email system that allows you to send anonymous email to other FreeNet users.
For information on setting up and using Freemail while working on your [[http://www.rushessay.com/custom_essay.php essays]] and other [[http://www.rushessay.com essay writing]] projects, see http://freenetproject.org/freemail.html

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~~For information on setting up and using Freemail, see http://freenetproject.org/freemail.html~~

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For information on setting up and using Freemail, see http://freenetproject.org/freemail.html

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For information on setting up and using Freemail while working on your [[http://www.rushessay.com/custom_essay.php essays]] and other [[http://www.rushessay.com essay writing]] projects, see http://freenetproject.org/freemail.html.

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~~For information on setting up and using Freemail, see http://freenetproject.org/freemail.html~~

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Edited on 2008-01-24 22:47:06 by DaveBaker [wiki page was outdated, so redirect to the updated web page to minimise the number of different, out]

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**{{color hex="#FF0000" text="ATTENTION: This page is outdated (only the Thunderbird setup still is up to date). Native Speakers: please correct it"}}**
**Freemail** is an email system for Freenet.
To use it you need to set up a Freemail account and your email client as below, and then run this command in your Freemail directory:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar
%%
Source code is here: http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/apps/Freemail/
You can load Freemail from the Plugins page as it is an official plugin.
Or you can download the latest jar from here: http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/plugins/Freemail/
Mailing list for freemail: http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freemail.
There is a ''freemail'' board for Freemail on [[Frost]] for discussion and feedback about Freemail.
===Account Setup===
Change to the directory containing the Freemail.jar file. At the command line, type:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar
%%
If you are running Freemail for the first time, it will prompt you to create an account:
%%
Starting Freemail for the first time.
You will probably want to add an account by running Freemail with arguments --newaccount
%%
So do what it says. The ''username'' you create here is only seen by you: it isn't part of your freemail address:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar --newaccount john
%%
It now generates your Freemail address which is a long random string like ''anything@DS3FG3R...SF6FHJ8YUK.freemail''. Generating the cryptographic keypair will take a few minutes.
%%
Generating mailsite keys...
Mailsite keys generated.
Your Freemail address is: anything@DS3FG3R...SF6FHJ8YUK.freemail
Generating cryptographic keypair (this could take a few minutes)...
Account creation completed.
Account created for john. You may now set a password with --passwd
%%
So create a password:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar --passwd john johnssekritpasswd
%%
Now run the main command again:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar
%%
and it will prompt you to create a short Freemail address:
%%
Secure Freemail address: anything@DS3FG3R...SF6FHJ8YUK.freemail
You don't have a short Freemail address. You could get one by running Freemail
with the --shortaddress option, followed by your account name and the name
you'd like. For example, 'java -jar freemail.jar --shortaddress bob bob' will give
you the address 'anything@bob.freemail'. Try to pick something unique!
trying slotinsert to freenet:SSK@sdfgsdfg...ertretert/mailsite-1/mailpage
%%
So run this command:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar --shortaddress john jsmith
%%
If that short alias is free, it will tell you your Freemail address:
%%
Secure Freemail address: anything@DS3FG3R...SF6FHJ8YUK.freemail
Short Freemail address (*probably* secure): anything@jsmith.freemail
%%
Now you are almost done: run the main command again to set up a simple mail proxy that listens for IMAP and SMTP connections.
You need to leave this running whilst you are using Freemail:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar
%%
===Mail client setup===
You now need to set up your usual mail client software to read the emails held in the Freemail directory and to send outgoing emails into Freenet. To do this you need to set up an IMAP account on localhost port 3143 for incoming emails, and an SMTP account on localhost 3025 for outgoing emails. Remember the Freemail.jar program needs to be running whilst you are reading and sending freemails.
==Thunderbird==
If you use Thunderbird as your email client:
~1) From the **Edit** menu, select **Account Settings**.
~1) Click the **Add Account...** button.
~1) Select **Email Account** and click **Next**.
~1) Type in the name and email address you want to use e.g. ''John'' and ''me@jsmith.freemail'', and click **Next**.
~1) Set the type of incoming server to **IMAP** and the incoming server name to **localhost**. Then click **Next**.
~1) For the **Incoming User Name**, use the original account name you used (''john'' in this example), which may not be the same as your email address name. Click **Next**.
~1) Enter an arbitrary Account Name and click **Next** and then **Finish**.
~1) Nw we have to change the IMAP port number from the default: On the left panel click on **Server Settings** under the new account. Change the **Port** to ''3143'' from the default of 143.
Now you should be able to read incoming freemails. To send out emails:
~1) From the **Edit** menu, select **Account Settings**.
~1) In the left-hand panel, scroll down and click on the **Outgoing Server (SMTP)** option.
~1) You probably already have at least one SMTP server set up already for your normal emails. So click on the **Add...** button to create one specially for freemails.
~1) Under **Description** put anything you want - ''Freemail'' might be a good choice. Set **Server Name** to ''localhost'' and change **Port** to ''3025''. Make sure **Use name and password** is checked and put your original account name as the **User Name** (''john'' in our example). **Use secure connection** should be set to ''No'' (don't worry, it's only the local connection that is unencrypted). Click OK.
~1) The final thing is to set your new Freemail account to use this outgoing server instead of the default one. So in the left panel find and click on the top line of the new incoming mail account you added. In our example this would be something like ''me@jsmith.freemail''. There should be a drop-down box called **Outgoing Server (SMTP)**. Set this to the new setup we just added: something like ''Freemail - localhost''. And click **OK**.

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Edited on 2008-01-22 21:31:23 by MatthewToseland [update, it's an official plugin]

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You can load Freemail from the Plugins page as it is an official plugin.
Or you can download the latest jar from here: http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/plugins/Freemail/

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~~You can download the latest pre-compiled jar from here: http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/plugins/Freemail/~~

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Edited on 2008-01-22 13:59:34 by MichaelTaenzer [Attention: Outdated! Native Speakers: please correct it!]

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**{{color hex="#FF0000" text="ATTENTION: This page is outdated (only the Thunderbird setup still is up to date). Native Speakers: please correct it"}}**

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Edited on 2007-11-02 18:23:43 by AlexLehm [removed note about freenet.jar, works now again]

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Please note that currently Freemail is being modified to work as a node plugin, however the documentation doesn't mention that yet. Most of the commands below will still work if you change the command to
%%java -cp Freemail.jar: freemail.Freemail%%
(or ; if you are on windows).

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Edited on 2007-10-28 22:37:38 by AlexLehm [fixed download link]

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You can download the latest pre-compiled jar from here: http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/plugins/Freemail/

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~~You can download the latest pre-compiled jar from here: http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/Freemail/~~

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To use it you need to set up a Freemail account and your email client as below, and then run this command in your Freemail directory:

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You now need to set up your usual mail client software to read the emails held in the Freemail directory and to send outgoing emails into Freenet. To do this you need to set up an IMAP account on localhost port 3143 for incoming emails, and an SMTP account on localhost 3025 for outgoing emails. Remember the Freemail.jar program needs to be running whilst you are reading and sending freemails.
~1) Nw we have to change the IMAP port number from the default: On the left panel click on **Server Settings** under the new account. Change the **Port** to ''3143'' from the default of 143.

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~1) From the **Edit** menu, select **Account Settings**.
~1) From the **Edit** menu, select **Account Settings**.
~1) In the left-hand panel, scroll down and click on the **Outgoing Server (SMTP)** option.
~1) You probably already have at least one SMTP server set up already for your normal emails. So click on the **Add...** button to create one specially for freemails.
~1) Under **Description** put anything you want - ''Freemail'' might be a good choice. Set **Server Name** to ''localhost'' and change **Port** to ''3025''. Make sure **Use name and password** is checked and put your original account name as the **User Name** (''john'' in our example). **Use secure connection** should be set to ''No'' (don't worry, it's only the local connection that is unencrypted). Click OK.
~1) The final thing is to set your new Freemail account to use this outgoing server instead of the default one. So in the left panel find and click on the top line of the new incoming mail account you added. In our example this would be something like ''me@jsmith.freemail''. There should be a drop-down box called **Outgoing Server (SMTP)**. Set this to the new setup we just added: something like ''Freemail - localhost''. And click **OK**.

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~1) From the **Edit** menu, select **AccountSettings**.
~1) From the **Edit** menu, select **AccountSettings**.
~1)

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===Account Setup===
Change to the directory containing the Freemail.jar file. At the command line, type:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar
%%
If you are running Freemail for the first time, it will prompt you to create an account:
%%
Starting Freemail for the first time.
You will probably want to add an account by running Freemail with arguments --newaccount
%%
So do what it says. The ''username'' you create here is only seen by you: it isn't part of your freemail address:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar --newaccount john
%%
It now generates your Freemail address which is a long random string like ''anything@DS3FG3R...SF6FHJ8YUK.freemail''. Generating the cryptographic keypair will take a few minutes.
%%
Generating mailsite keys...
Mailsite keys generated.
Your Freemail address is: anything@DS3FG3R...SF6FHJ8YUK.freemail
Generating cryptographic keypair (this could take a few minutes)...
Account creation completed.
Account created for john. You may now set a password with --passwd
%%
So create a password:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar --passwd john johnssekritpasswd
%%
Now run the main command again:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar
%%
and it will prompt you to create a short Freemail address:
%%
Secure Freemail address: anything@DS3FG3R...SF6FHJ8YUK.freemail
You don't have a short Freemail address. You could get one by running Freemail
with the --shortaddress option, followed by your account name and the name
you'd like. For example, 'java -jar freemail.jar --shortaddress bob bob' will give
you the address 'anything@bob.freemail'. Try to pick something unique!
trying slotinsert to freenet:SSK@sdfgsdfg...ertretert/mailsite-1/mailpage
%%
So run this command:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar --shortaddress john jsmith
%%
If that short alias is free, it will tell you your Freemail address:
%%
Secure Freemail address: anything@DS3FG3R...SF6FHJ8YUK.freemail
Short Freemail address (*probably* secure): anything@jsmith.freemail
%%
Now you are almost done: run the main command again to set up a simple mail proxy that listens for IMAP and SMTP connections.
You need to leave this running whilst you are using Freemail:
%%
java -jar Freemail.jar
%%
===Mail client setup===
You now need to set up your usual mail client software to read the emails held in the Freemail directory and to send outgoing emails into Freenet. To do this you need to set up an IMAP account on localhost port 3143 for incoming emails, and an SMTP account on localhost 3025 for outgoing emails.
==Thunderbird==
If you use Thunderbird as your email client:
~1) From the **Edit** menu, select **AccountSettings**.
~1) Click the **Add Account...** button.
~1) Select **Email Account** and click **Next**.
~1) Type in the name and email address you want to use e.g. ''John'' and ''me@jsmith.freemail'', and click **Next**.
~1) Set the type of incoming server to **IMAP** and the incoming server name to **localhost**. Then click **Next**.
~1) For the **Incoming User Name**, use the original account name you used (''john'' in this example), which may not be the same as your email address name. Click **Next**.
~1) Enter an arbitrary Account Name and click **Next** and then **Finish**.
Now you should be able to read incoming freemails. To send out emails:
~1) From the **Edit** menu, select **AccountSettings**.
~1)

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