Acceptable Use Policy

gigo.com is willing to host mailboxes for people who are contributing in some fashion to the hobby community. Approval for this is done on a per-request basis.

Mail *is* filtered coming into gigo.com by my rulesets. I run them as I see fit. I do not check the *content* of where mail comes from but instead check to make sure they come from sane places. Any mail I refuse, has a error message saying contact postmaster@gigo.com if it is legitimate, and that will always reach me.

Because I do not check the *content* of mail, a lot of spam still gets through. This is despite my blocking 1/3rd of all incoming mail. Do not forward it to me. I get enough as it is. If you are a shell account user on my system, type "man procmail".

non-technical hobbyists

gigo.com doesn't give to just the technical hobby community. we are willing to host email for anyone who shows a genuine need for a stable mailbox address, who is active in the hobby community. For these people, mailbox access is available via web at mail.gigo.com. Mail is also available via pop and imap mail programs; however, technical support for these are limited.

unix geeks

I will give shell account access only if I know you personally. This is not something granted to just anyone. Chances are if you want a shell account, you should probably be running your own unix box.

That said, if I do grant you access to use my system, you have your choice of how to get your mail. You can either use pop/imap/web, or local mbox format. Can't have both. My public-facing pop/imap servers use a sealed mailbox format. "pine" is an excellent imap client if you want to read mail via shell but still have it accessible via GUI mail clients. Lastly, if you want, just create a .forward file, and forward your mail to the account-du-jour. IF you change providers, you can just edit your gigo.com forward file to the new provider.

If you currently have your mail stored available via unix, and you want it via pop/imap/web, or vice versa, mail postmaster@gigo.com and ask for it to be changed.