Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS or DOS based mail clients

2023-11-27 Thread Bret Johnson via Freedos-user
My understanding is that there are two major differences between POP and IMAP. The first is that POP only allows one-way communication (downloading from the server to the client) so there is no synchronization mechanism. If you download the same e-mail to multiple devices, each one can be set

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS or DOS based mail clients

2023-11-27 Thread Eric Auer via Freedos-user
Hi Jose, > PS: The older POP3 only allowed access to the inbox, > while IMAP also allows access to your other mail folders, > so I expect most mail providers to support IMAP now. I thought that folders were a client-side convention, and mail (POP3, IMAP) servers kept all

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS or DOS based mail clients

2023-11-27 Thread Jose Senna via Freedos-user
This is not strictly a DOS remark; it applies to any e-mail but I think it can appear here. Eric Auer said: > PS: The older POP3 only allowed access to the inbox, > while IMAP also allows access to your other mail folders, > so I expect most mail providers to support IMAP now. I

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos, or dos based mail clients?

2023-11-22 Thread Ben Collver via Freedos-user
Karen also asked about this on the lynx-dev mailing list. They reported that panix.com tested squirrelmail and roundcube in lynx and found that neither works because certain controls in both apps are proprietary controls not standard web controls. I don't do email on DOS, but if i did, i

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos, or dos based mail clients?

2023-11-22 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
Hi mart, Eric and all. Sharing more details, thanks for all these ideas. Because there is no direct inclusive tool for me with the combination of adaptive technology I use in Linux, I ssh telnet from my DOS computer into shellworld using the recently updated sshdos program. Further, I use ssh

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos, or dos based mail clients?

2023-11-22 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
As I physically cannot use Linux outside of the shell services I use, that door is possible, just not from my desktop. I do have a question though. Does your configuration give you total access to email contents, folders sent mail, contact lists and the like? I may need to pay someone to do

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos, or dos based mail clients?

2023-11-22 Thread Mart Zirnask via Freedos-user
Hi, On 22/11/2023, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: > Does anybody here have experience with using a squirrelmail > or roundcoube webmail in links? Might need less java script > compared to gmail to use those, and one could forward the > gmail mail to a mail provider with squirrelmail or

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos, or dos based mail clients?

2023-11-22 Thread Eric Auer via Freedos-user
Hi! As it seems that sshdos (ssh) and the links text mode browser for DOS support current security protocols and https: Does anybody here have experience with using a squirrelmail or roundcoube webmail in links? Might need less java script compared to gmail to use those, and one could forward

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos, or dos based mail clients?

2023-11-22 Thread Nicholas Bernhard via Freedos-user
I'm using Mutt right now, a command-line email client for Linux. On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 07:01:11PM -0600, Rugxulo via Freedos-user wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 4:17 PM Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user > wrote: > > > > Google intends removing all access to basic HTML, and is

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos, or dos based mail clients?

2023-11-21 Thread Rugxulo via Freedos-user
Hi, On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 4:17 PM Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user wrote: > > Google intends removing all access to basic HTML, and is forcing the issue > as of today. Did they state a reason? Maintenance burden? Or just better security? Because email was always plain text and pretty insecure.