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by myhf 3271 days ago
Some history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit
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I know of lavabit but I want to know what this software does.
Here's the talk Levison gave on it at Defcon a few years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWzvXaxR6us

It's a monolithic mail daemon that speaks SMTP, POP, IMAP and HTTP, and uses DIME to encrypt messages when they arrive unprotected. It has preliminary support for DMTP and DMAP. Basically it's a replacement for your MTA and access server, which you'd run if you wanted a mail server that protected messages using an individuals password.