Get PGP and encrypt your e-mail (or learn to program and write non-standard encryption protocols to give the NSA fits if you feel left out.)
Funny you should say that. I developed a short encryption program a couple of years ago which doesn't use any of the standard algorithms. I contacted NSA about it. I gave them a brief description, but for security reasons no detailed description. I told them if they needed a detailed description to contact me. I got a letter back from them telling me to go through the procedure of soliciting business ( like a contractor does ). I wrote them back saying that I was not selling it, I was offering it to them. They sent back a letter saying they were not interested. Now from the description I wrote to them, anyone familiar with cryptography would have requested a second look. Instead they brush me aside, not knowing my background. It seems the NSA has the attitude - " If it not created here, it is no good " By the way, I am a Mathematician with a background in Number Theory