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BDS Mail
BDS Mail (aka "Brain Dead Simple Mail") is an optional addition to the existing email server which comes installed as default. It creates an extra folder within the Mutt client which allows you to send and receive email using i2p as the transport layer. This solves the problem of being blocked by dubious systems and also the problem of user friendly email encryption. If you're behind a hostile firewall which you don't control and which blocks all ports, this system is still likely to work. You can use GPG as an additional encryption layer if you prefer, but it's not strictly necessary because you already have the i2p public key system to ensure end-to-end security.
It's unlikely that many people will use this. If it's hard to persuade anyone to use GPG or Enigmail then it will be next to impossible to persuade them to switch to BDS Mail unless they're already obsessive about technical security. However, this provides yet another option for reasonably secure communications if other methods fail or are untrustable.
Installation
ssh into the system with:
ssh myusername@mydomain.com -p 2222Select Administrator controls then Add/Remove Apps then bdsmail. It may take a while to install, due to the creation of keys.
After installation exit from Administrator controls back to the user control panel then select the option to show your email address. You will now have a new bdsmail address which ends with .b32.i2p. If you then select Use Email to run the Mutt email client you'll notice that you now have a folder called i2p. If you select that folder (move up and down with CTRL+n or CTRL+p and open with CTRL+o) you can then send email from your new address, or receive mail to it. Just like ordinary email, but with a more random-looking address.