Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 8:25 PM Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > > Hi folks, > let me be more specific..some of you tech wizards run your own mail > servers laughs. > for context, although google is removing access to basic html in January, > they pulled my access to it early..and without warning

[GTALUG] mbox vs Maildir [was Re: Linux friendly email providers?]

2023-11-23 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Ron / BCLUG via talk | I've seen mbox files get corrupted (all mailbox | messages in one file, and a line like "From: " is the message delimiter. | Terrible!) I don't remember seeing that corruption in the last few decades of using mbox. The horrors of in-band signalling are well known

Re: [GTALUG] mbox vs Maildir [was Re: Linux friendly email providers?]

2023-11-23 Thread John Sellens via talk
Ah - mbox format - still use it for my mail archives. Convenient for grepping or loading into vi. On Fri, 2023/11/24 01:20:20AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | | From: Ron / BCLUG via talk | | | I've seen mbox files get corrupted (all mailbox | | messages in one file, and a line

[GTALUG] roundcube test, is Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Well...poodle noodle. First, Ron is a prince among men heading to knighthood for setting up this almost perfect test. Not knowing how the alias concept works, I used the other credentials, login in perfectly, three times in fact. Name of my inbox, a frankly stunning amount of options. so as a

Re: [GTALUG] Browsers (and Thorium to be specific)

2023-11-23 Thread Don Tai via talk
I by default don't run JS, and then with the Noscript plugin, grant js access. Many sites will block you without JS running. Though I depend on FF, which usually works, I don't mind if web sites crack and don't render well. I also regularly run Tor. I haven't had an issue with Chrome, other than

Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread Johnny Tao via talk
Take a look Migadu. The Linux kernel developing team is using it. $19 per year for the Micro plan. The limitation is for the emails you can receive and send every day. Fastmail can be another option. I used to use it for my business emails. I have tested more than 18 months + for each of

Re: [GTALUG] Browsers (and Thorium to be specific)

2023-11-23 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 2:56 PM Ron / BCLUG via talk wrote: > > Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote on 2023-11-23 11:38: > > > It is pretty annoying that chrome has become the new IE. Lots of web > > developers only use chrome and don't care that their javascript or html > > doesn't work on other

Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
Ron, A very long time ago, I switched to Sylpheed, which uses the MH format. In the old days, I used Mbox, and I could switch mail tools any time I felt like it. There are times when I miss that capability, but MH, with a file for each email has been extremely robust. Sylpheed is a

Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread Nick Accad via talk
If you are looking for something *really* cheap, and don't mind getting your hands dirty a little bit: mxroute.com They offer a lifetime plan for $125USD, unlimited accounts, unlimited domains, with the caveat that you get very little storage: 10G for everything.

Re: [GTALUG] roundcube test, is Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread Ron / BCLUG via talk
Karen Lewellen wrote on 2023-11-23 15:03: I engaged the keystroke on the submit button, getting a 510 server error. I had a quick look for a 510 error and didn't see anything. Will have another look later. When I raised the JavaScript friendly lever, moving next to the links as an a chain

Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
hi, wrote back with a question..and a very tiny but growing hope balloon! Kare On Thu, 23 Nov 2023, Ron / BCLUG via talk wrote: Karen Lewellen wrote on 2023-11-22 22:10: > >  2, either allows for user name / password log in directly with a web > >  interface, > > RoundCube web interface

Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread Ron / BCLUG via talk
Karen Lewellen wrote on 2023-11-22 22:10:  2, either allows for user name / password log in directly with a web  interface, RoundCube web interface okay? > actually, you would be doing a number of people a huge favor if I can test this. While roundcube has been suggested, there is some

[GTALUG] Browsers (and Thorium to be specific)

2023-11-23 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
Hi all. I've been a happy (sorta) user of Firefox for a long long time but I found I have needed a Chromium-based backup because there are some sites that Just Won't Work under FF. Blank white screens, hanging, missing frames, the problem varies but it never exists on Chrome or Edge. (Sorry,

Re: [GTALUG] Browsers (and Thorium to be specific)

2023-11-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 02:07:36PM -0500, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > I've been a happy (sorta) user of Firefox for a long long time but I found > I have needed a Chromium-based backup because there are some sites that > Just Won't Work under FF. Blank white screens, hanging, missing frames,

Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread Ron / BCLUG via talk
Karen Lewellen wrote on 2023-11-22 22:10: 1, allow me to export all of my gmail content to them. I could provide that ability, see below. I may need to get a better picture, have never used Thunderbird. I've been thinking a lot about this. Thunderbird being a GUI, it may be difficult for

Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread Ron / BCLUG via talk
Howard Gibson via talk wrote on 2023-11-22 21:06: Handy tip folks -- Start your emails with a line feed at the top of the page. This will separate your content from the blurb corporate email servers will attach warning your recipients how evil and dangerous you are. This is an interesting

Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-23 Thread Ron / BCLUG via talk
Karen Lewellen wrote on 2023-11-22 22:10: Will I have say a folder for the sent mail, one for my current inbox..allowing me to clear some of that down, my contact list? Contact list - that's not really part of email as I understand it. However, I could set up contacts & calendaring on one of

Re: [GTALUG] Browsers (and Thorium to be specific)

2023-11-23 Thread Ron / BCLUG via talk
Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote on 2023-11-23 11:38: It is pretty annoying that chrome has become the new IE. Lots of web developers only use chrome and don't care that their javascript or html doesn't work on other browsers anymore. I too find it annoying. Especially since the standards