Re: [MlMt] Mystery messages being created…
On 7 Feb 2020, at 13:35, Sam Hathaway wrote: Another perspective on Spark, for what it’s worth: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/adazxk/psa_there_is_nothing_special_about_spark_emails/ The short version is that there’s no way to do push notifications for IMAP accounts on iOS without their server logging into your account and keeping an IDLE connection open. Many iOS email clients do this. It’s the price you pay for having timely push notifications. Just my 2¢. -sam That might have been true 4 years ago when that post was written, but iOS has had background refresh for some time. It's no excuse anymore. Storing passwords on servers is a security nightmare. Whoever wrote that article clearly has little security clue. pr -- Pete Resnick https://www.episteme.net/ All connections to the world are tenuous at best ___ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
Re: [MlMt] Mystery messages being created…
On 6 Feb 2020, at 17:37, Charlie Garrison wrote: On 7 Feb 2020, at 1:15, Bill Cole wrote: Spark has horrible and disgusting business practices that they hide behind slick marketing. I think there needs to be a public announcement advising users against ever downloading Spark. [My comments are based on bad experience a couple of years ago; things may have changed since, but I doubt it.] Another perspective on Spark, for what it’s worth: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/adazxk/psa_there_is_nothing_special_about_spark_emails/ The short version is that there’s no way to do push notifications for IMAP accounts on iOS without their server logging into your account and keeping an IDLE connection open. Many iOS email clients do this. It’s the price you pay for having timely push notifications. Just my 2¢. -sam ___ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
Re: [MlMt] Mystery messages being created…
Charlie and Verdon thanks very much for your very helpful thoughts re dodgy software companies and their sketchy privacy policies. I guess we’re all guilty of clicking “I agree” too easily on occasion… Or maybe not… Thanks again to Bill for the initial shout. Regards Jim On 7 Feb 2020, at 12:05, Verdon Vaillancourt wrote: Thanks Bill, all is now explained. I’m awaiting a helpful response from the Spark support team. Carefully read their privacy policy, and then decide whether you are still happy having any of their software near any of your devices. You may not want to be dealing with their support either. They are not doing anything illegal; since they clearly state they are going to take over your email accounts. I was far from happy allowing a dodgy company to take over my email accounts. A university I worked at attempted to ban the use of this product and several similar ones, except you know, you can't tell some professors anything ;-) Serious security and privacy implications! V ___ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
Re: [MlMt] Mystery messages being created…
>> Thanks Bill, all is now explained. I’m awaiting a helpful response from the >> Spark support team. > Carefully read their privacy policy, and then decide whether you are still > happy having any of their software near any of your devices. You may not want > to be dealing with their support either. > > They are not doing anything illegal; since they clearly state they are going > to take over your email accounts. I was far from happy allowing a dodgy > company to take over my email accounts. > A university I worked at attempted to ban the use of this product and several similar ones, except you know, you can't tell some professors anything ;-) Serious security and privacy implications! V ___ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
