Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-04 Thread Bruce Cran
On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:04:39 -1000
Al Plant n...@hdk5.net wrote:

 Recently I've sent tests to a couple of our subscribers that I know 
 personally since the tests never came back. Thanks for the heads up
 as to why.
 
 Any chance of getting it fixed?

I told the admin about it last year and it doesn't appear to have been
fixed yet.

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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-04 Thread Arthur Chance

On 04/04/11 01:15, Chad Perrin wrote:

On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 01:37:50AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:

On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:46:26 -0600, Chad Perrinper...@apotheon.com  wrote:

On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:43:59AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:


For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on
the server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you
want, and you could even install a web mail client (e. g.
roundcube) to bind to that IMAP inter- face. In my opinion, this is
way better than the POP/no-SMTP thing I'm currently doing.


Why Roundcube?  From what I've seen, it doesn't handle quote
indentation and marking properly.


Why not? :-)


Please tell me why you would want to inflict this kind of behavior on
others:

 
   For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail
 stored on
   the server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you
   want, and you could even install a web mail client (e. g.
   roundcube) to bind to that IMAP inter- face. In my opinion,
 this is
   way better than the POP/no-SMTP thing I'm currently doing.

I've seen Roundcube do this crap.  It does *not* make me happy when
trying to skim through emails quickly -- and it can be bad when reading
more closely, too.


In the near future I'm probably going to have to implement a web mail 
system for times when my clients are travelling and don't have access to 
an IMAP capable client. If Roundcube isn't a decent solution, what is?


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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-04 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello,

On 4 April 2011 11:41, Arthur Chance free...@qeng-ho.org wrote:

 In the near future I'm probably going to have to implement a web mail system 
 for times when my clients are travelling and don't have access to an IMAP 
 capable

I am not sure why some people are against RC - it seems that it can do
indentation and marking quite well (at least from what I have tried).
Give it a try.

Zbigniew Szalbot
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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-04 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 10:41:02AM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
 
 In the near future I'm probably going to have to implement a web mail 
 system for times when my clients are travelling and don't have access to 
 an IMAP capable client. If Roundcube isn't a decent solution, what is?

I'm afraid I'm not very well versed in the nuances of Webmail software.
I just know that receiving emails formatted by code that was apparently
written by prairie dogs (judging by how it screws up the formatting) is
suboptimal.

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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-04 Thread David Brodbeck
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Arthur Chance free...@qeng-ho.org wrote:
 In the near future I'm probably going to have to implement a web mail system
 for times when my clients are travelling and don't have access to an IMAP
 capable client. If Roundcube isn't a decent solution, what is?

I kind of like SquirrelMail.  It handles threading better than most of
the open-source webmail systems, although that's a pretty low bar. ;)

To be honest, though, a few months ago I realized that I was primarily
using webmail (due to using a lot of different workstations), that
spam was getting worse and worse, and that none of my available
webmail and spam-filtering options were working as well as the ones
that were on my Gmail account.  So I switched my personal domain over
to a free Google Apps account.  I've been pretty pleased with it so
far.  There's nothing wrong with running a personal email server if
that's your thing, but in my case it had long since ceased to be fun
and was just one more thing to maintain.
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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 08:38:59PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote:
 
 
 On Apr 2, 2011, at 8:30 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
 
  On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 07:29:23PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote:
  Get a Gmail account.
  
  
  i tried about a year ago: gdk98188; now i cannot get in.
  something is hosed ...
 
 
 They're free, make a new one.



pretty sure i tried but there was a yelp about my
kl...@thought.org address.  i'lll try again.  IIRC, after
messing around for 20 minutes i just quit.  


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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 03/04/2011 02:43, Polytropon wrote:

 I can only speak for myself regarding this suggestion, and
 I may also admit that I'm not fully happy with it. I would
 like to run my own mail server, but corrently I'm using
 the one for POP of the provider of my domain. I avoid
 SMTP as sending mail from my system (that runs a MTA)
 is considered NORMAL by me. Sadly, most others who suffer
 from spam do not think so, they reject messages coming from
 behind a dynamic IP, so I use my ISP's relay as smarthost
 for sending messages. This way, I can still use ANY mail
 client program I want - I get the messages using fetchmail
 and can then process them with any program, even in
 parallel. For sending, I can even | mail -s bla b...@foo.bar
 from the command line. It may not be optimal for all
 imaginable scenarios (e. g. reading mail from a different
 system, sending from a different location), but as I do
 not require them, it's no big deal.

Personally, I agree entirely with the idea of running your own mail
server -- so long as you have a sufficient level of competence, and I
think most of the people in this thread would be entirely capable.

Unfortunately that's not true of the majority of most ISP's clientele,
and bitter experience has led them to clamp down on SMTP-from-home in
various ways.  Some ISPs are friendly to more technically adept users --
mine is a case in point -- but these are few and far between.

Even so, you can still run your own servers.  You can get a minimally
spec'd machine (virtual or physical) at quite a reasonable price
nowadays.  Polytropon -- given your location, have you checked out
hetzner.de?  They've got some good deals, and they support using FreeBSD
too.

Cheers,

Matthew

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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:43:59AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
 
 For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on the
 server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you want, and
 you could even install a web mail client (e. g. roundcube) to bind to
 that IMAP inter- face. In my opinion, this is way better than the
 POP/no-SMTP thing I'm currently doing.

Why Roundcube?  From what I've seen, it doesn't handle quote indentation
and marking properly.

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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Bruce Cran

On 02/04/2011 21:54, David Chanters wrote:


You could have just sent yourself an email.  But yes, here you are.


I was going to suggest Gary should have used the freebsd-test mailing 
list but then I realised it's been broken since May last year.


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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Rees
On 3 Apr 2011 17:32, Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk wrote:

 On 02/04/2011 21:54, David Chanters wrote:

 You could have just sent yourself an email.  But yes, here you are.


 I was going to suggest Gary should have used the freebsd-test mailing list
but then I realised it's been broken since May last year.

Hah, ironic or what???

Chris.
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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Al Plant

Bruce Cran wrote:

On 02/04/2011 21:54, David Chanters wrote:


You could have just sent yourself an email.  But yes, here you are.


I was going to suggest Gary should have used the freebsd-test mailing 
list but then I realised it's been broken since May last year.



##3

Aloha Bruce,

Recently I've sent tests to a couple of our subscribers that I know 
personally since the tests never came back. Thanks for the heads up as 
to why.


Any chance of getting it fixed?


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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:46:26 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote:
 On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:43:59AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
  
  For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on the
  server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you want, and
  you could even install a web mail client (e. g. roundcube) to bind to
  that IMAP inter- face. In my opinion, this is way better than the
  POP/no-SMTP thing I'm currently doing.
 
 Why Roundcube?  From what I've seen, it doesn't handle quote indentation
 and marking properly.

Why not? :-) From my limited testing, I found it suitable
for most of my I don't care customers who do not use
indentation or quoting properly. But the advantage of
IMAP (e. g. cyrus-imap, courier-imap) is that you can
use ANY client program, therefore any web-based mailer
you want. There are several others available, such as
sqwebmail or openwebmail with different features...

RoudCube was just the first solution that came to my
mind, I didn't want to say that it's the only solution
that does exist.


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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 01:37:50AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
 On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:46:26 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote:
  On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:43:59AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
   
   For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on
   the server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you
   want, and you could even install a web mail client (e. g.
   roundcube) to bind to that IMAP inter- face. In my opinion, this is
   way better than the POP/no-SMTP thing I'm currently doing.
  
  Why Roundcube?  From what I've seen, it doesn't handle quote
  indentation and marking properly.
 
 Why not? :-)

Please tell me why you would want to inflict this kind of behavior on
others:

  
   For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail
stored on
   the server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you
   want, and you could even install a web mail client (e. g.
   roundcube) to bind to that IMAP inter- face. In my opinion,
this is
   way better than the POP/no-SMTP thing I'm currently doing.

I've seen Roundcube do this crap.  It does *not* make me happy when
trying to skim through emails quickly -- and it can be bad when reading
more closely, too.

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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 18:15:48 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote:
 I've seen Roundcube do this crap.  It does *not* make me happy when
 trying to skim through emails quickly -- and it can be bad when reading
 more closely, too.

You're fully correct, it may not be the best solution for
power users. In this case, an IMAP-capable *local* client
program would be much better. With local caching, you can
also improve speed. And even programs with good keyboard
support are possible, even programs for use in text mode
do exist (a welcome solution for blind users).

Sadly, my dear customers wanted web mail, and they insisted
on RoundCube, so they got it. They're slow in thinkind and
reading, slower in typing, so the program speed is still
too fast for them. That's all the magic behind the story. :-)



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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 02:33:53AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
 On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 18:15:48 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com
 wrote:
  I've seen Roundcube do this crap.  It does *not* make me happy when
  trying to skim through emails quickly -- and it can be bad when
  reading more closely, too.
 
 You're fully correct, it may not be the best solution for power users.

My point is more that it's not the best solution for people whose emails
might ever be read by power users, or anyone else who, y'know, reads
email discussions.



 In this case, an IMAP-capable *local* client program would be much
 better. With local caching, you can also improve speed. And even
 programs with good keyboard support are possible, even programs for use
 in text mode do exist (a welcome solution for blind users).

. . . like Mutt.  Yeah, I know it.


 
 Sadly, my dear customers wanted web mail, and they insisted on
 RoundCube, so they got it. They're slow in thinkind and reading, slower
 in typing, so the program speed is still too fast for them. That's all
 the magic behind the story. :-)

Well . . . I guess if someone demands a crappy program, you either give
it to them or effectively convince them to get it from someone else.  I
just don't really think it's a great idea to bring up software that makes
communication difficult without being prompted for it when giving
suggestions for how people should do things.

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am i back up....???

2011-04-02 Thread Gary Kline

my telco modem [[was BRAND NEW in feb]] failed last tuesday.letsee if this
gets out



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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-02 Thread David Chanters
On 2 April 2011 21:14, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:

 my telco modem [[was BRAND NEW in feb]] failed last tuesday.    letsee if this
 gets out

You could have just sent yourself an email.  But yes, here you are.

David
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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-02 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 09:54:52PM +0100, David Chanters wrote:
 On 2 April 2011 21:14, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:
 
  my telco modem [[was BRAND NEW in feb]] failed last tuesday.    letsee if 
  this
  gets out
 
 You could have just sent yourself an email.  But yes, here you are.
 
 David
 

well, mail to kline would get back i wasn't sure about mail to
kline at thought.org, but i suppose that does go over the wire and
back. tx.  

g


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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-02 Thread Ryan Coleman
Get a Gmail account.

On Apr 2, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Gary Kline wrote:

 On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 09:54:52PM +0100, David Chanters wrote:
 On 2 April 2011 21:14, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:
 
 my telco modem [[was BRAND NEW in feb]] failed last tuesday.letsee if 
 this
 gets out
 
 You could have just sent yourself an email.  But yes, here you are.
 
 David
 
 
   well, mail to kline would get back i wasn't sure about mail to
   kline at thought.org, but i suppose that does go over the wire and
   back. tx.  
 
   g
 
 
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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-02 Thread David Chanters
On 3 April 2011 00:46, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:
 On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 09:54:52PM +0100, David Chanters wrote:
 On 2 April 2011 21:14, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:
 
  my telco modem [[was BRAND NEW in feb]] failed last tuesday.    letsee if 
  this
  gets out

 You could have just sent yourself an email.  But yes, here you are.

 David


        well, mail to kline would get back i wasn't sure about mail to
        kline at thought.org, but i suppose that does go over the wire and
        back. tx.

Yes -- welcome to the 21st century, a la gmail.

David
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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-02 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 07:29:23PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote:
 Get a Gmail account.


i tried about a year ago: gdk98188; now i cannot get in.
something is hosed ...


 
 On Apr 2, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
 
  On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 09:54:52PM +0100, David Chanters wrote:
  On 2 April 2011 21:14, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:
  
  my telco modem [[was BRAND NEW in feb]] failed last tuesday.letsee if 
  this
  gets out
  
  You could have just sent yourself an email.  But yes, here you are.
  
  David
  
  
  well, mail to kline would get back i wasn't sure about mail to
  kline at thought.org, but i suppose that does go over the wire and
  back. tx.  
  
  g
  
  
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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-02 Thread Ryan Coleman


On Apr 2, 2011, at 8:30 PM, Gary Kline wrote:

 On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 07:29:23PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote:
 Get a Gmail account.
 
 
   i tried about a year ago: gdk98188; now i cannot get in.
   something is hosed ...


They're free, make a new one.
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Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-02 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 18:30:59 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:
 On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 07:29:23PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote:
  Get a Gmail account.
 
 
   i tried about a year ago: gdk98188; now i cannot get in.
   something is hosed ...

In worst case, use a normal mail account - either provided
by your own server or by someone you trust, so google is
out of scope. :-)

Using POP/SMTP/IMAP always gives you the required ability
to use the interface of choice, e. g. a standalone MUA that
is accessible, and no requirement to do such stuff via the
web, using the inconvenience and shortcomings of a web
browser.

I can only speak for myself regarding this suggestion, and
I may also admit that I'm not fully happy with it. I would
like to run my own mail server, but corrently I'm using
the one for POP of the provider of my domain. I avoid
SMTP as sending mail from my system (that runs a MTA)
is considered NORMAL by me. Sadly, most others who suffer
from spam do not think so, they reject messages coming from
behind a dynamic IP, so I use my ISP's relay as smarthost
for sending messages. This way, I can still use ANY mail
client program I want - I get the messages using fetchmail
and can then process them with any program, even in
parallel. For sending, I can even | mail -s bla b...@foo.bar
from the command line. It may not be optimal for all
imaginable scenarios (e. g. reading mail from a different
system, sending from a different location), but as I do
not require them, it's no big deal.

Gary, whenever you have the chance to run you own mail
system - DO IT. You have enough knowledge to keep this
kind of stuff running, and it gives you more flexibility
than anything else.

For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail
stored on the server, so you can access it by any IMAP
capable client you want, and you could even install a web
mail client (e. g. roundcube) to bind to that IMAP inter-
face. In my opinion, this is way better than the POP/no-SMTP
thing I'm currently doing.




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