[bsder]

> Anything less than that is like using snake oil crypto: it might make you feel good, but it's not really there.

While technically true, it doesn't help the situation.

Against the NSA, yeah, you have to be perfect. However, most adversaries are not the NSA.

Encryption on the wire stops random eavesdropping on you while someone else is a target. Having your mail store on a colocated box instead of Gmail/Hotmail/Yahoo means that someone has to get a warrant and physically access your machine rather than filling in an automated request and having it turned over.

It's a modification on the old joke: "Sure, if the tiger is after me, I have to outrun the tiger. But if the tiger is simply hungry, I just have to outrun you."