Re: Riseup blocks Gmail

2019-02-27 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 02:29:59PM -0500, Steve Kinney wrote:
> 
[...]
> Speaking of annoyances, am I the only one who finds the word "app"
> annoying, and the suggestion that I use "apps" vaguely insulting?  I
> guess I identify more with Dilbert than with The Guys In Marketing...

Insulting? Why, not. I understand that mingling those parts of
language which are related to computers indicates that the zoo has
been taken over by animals. Some are amicable. Some are
malevolent. Most would not mind to grow influence at your expense.

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Tomasz Rola

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** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home**
** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened...  **
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Re: Riseup blocks Gmail

2019-02-27 Thread Steve Kinney


On 2/27/19 3:41 AM, grarpamp wrote:
> On 2/27/19, Shawn K. Quinn  wrote:
>> Looks more like Google got blacklisted by one of the lists
> 
> Yeah missed that, thanks.
> 
>> an account that can't email
>> *@gmail.com is much less useful than one that can.
> 
> Gmail needs to die.

I use a GMail account as a junk catcher and for redundant offsite
backups of encrypted files.  So I don't look at it often - and did not
notice when they silently terminated my access a few weeks ago.

Why?  Because I don't use a web browser or Google "app" to access it.  I
use IMAP via Thunderbird.  Google decided they don't like that, probably
because it slashes GMail's surveillance capabilities to the bone while
making numerous other service providers available in one convenient
location.

It only took a few minutes to troubleshoot the problem thanks to teh
interwebs.  One can restore access by solving a fairly easy maze (follow
the path of greatest resistance, per "UX Funnel" page layouts, and click
through multiple scary warnings) to turn on access by "less secure
apps".  In this context less secure would mean not owned by Google,
since the configuration I use presents as the most secure and convenient
way to access GMail - literally by orders of magnitude.

Google just sent me a helpful message begging me to stop what I'm doing
before Very Bad Things happen to me, and turn my computer over to them.
 It's nice to know they care - and as long as I'm getting those, I know
they have not sabotaged the account again.

Speaking of annoyances, am I the only one who finds the word "app"
annoying, and the suggestion that I use "apps" vaguely insulting?  I
guess I identify more with Dilbert than with The Guys In Marketing...

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Re: Riseup blocks Gmail

2019-02-27 Thread grarpamp
On 2/27/19, Shawn K. Quinn  wrote:
> Looks more like Google got blacklisted by one of the lists

Yeah missed that, thanks.

> an account that can't email
> *@gmail.com is much less useful than one that can.

Gmail needs to die.


Re: Riseup blocks Gmail

2019-02-26 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On 2/27/19 01:38, grarpamp wrote:
> Final-Recipient: rfc822; usern...@riseup.net
> Action: failed
> Status: 5.7.1
> Remote-MTA: dns; mx1.riseup.net. (198.252.153.129, the server for the
> domain riseup.net.)
> Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.7.1 Service unavailable; client
> [209.85.166.68] blocked using dnsrbl.org

Looks more like Google got blacklisted by one of the lists Riseup is
using, rather than Riseup specifically singling out Google. I'm pretty
sure this will get sorted out soon, as an account that can't email
*@gmail.com is much less useful than one that can. (I'm not about to say
completely useless, though it depends on one's usage patterns.)

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Shawn K. Quinn 
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Riseup blocks Gmail

2019-02-26 Thread grarpamp
Final-Recipient: rfc822; usern...@riseup.net
Action: failed
Status: 5.7.1
Remote-MTA: dns; mx1.riseup.net. (198.252.153.129, the server for the
domain riseup.net.)
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.7.1 Service unavailable; client
[209.85.166.68] blocked using dnsrbl.org