Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-16 Thread mwilson--- via talk
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Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-16 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
To: Evan Leibovitch Cc: Karen Lewellen ; GTALUG Talk Sent: Friday, November 15, 2019 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu? Hi Evan I am using Pine to write this e-mail as Shellworld makes it available. Again, for this gmail address , I prefer

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi Evan I am using Pine to write this e-mail as Shellworld makes it available. Again, for this gmail address , I prefer Google's front end. I actually cannot add an extra client to this shell service as it functions more as an iSP. Thanks, Karen On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi, in context On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, Dhaval Giani wrote: I am sorry, I don't have a suggestion for you. However, I did a quick search and couldnt find mention about Google blocking third party screen readers. Do you have a link? I was not aware of it, and this is certainly the wrong

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Don Tai via talk
I have used Yahoo mail, reading through a browser, which seems much less graphics intensive than GMail. The issue is that Yahoo spam control is nowhere near as good. And Yahoo was hacked a few years back. So while the web interface is less graphics intensive, the email functionality is inferior to

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
I also said that I prefer reading on line, which clearly means not a client, regardless of the various concepts comprising low graphics. I am seeking an alternative e-mail to a gmail address, one from a service with an online browser method for reading. On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, James Knott

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
Hi Karen, I haven't done this in a while from a desktop, but the access from Thunderbird etc to Gmail is not done through screen readers but rather the venerable IMAP protocol which is supported. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en This is most commonly used by mobile, where

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Dhaval Giani via talk
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 8:24 AM Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > > sorry James, i did not realize you were using adaptive technology. > May I ask how you will manage once Google, as they plan, block all third > party screen readers? > Sorry if I seem frustrated, but I asked a very specific

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread James Knott via talk
No, I don't.  I didn't realize you were referring to that.  You simply said low graphics, which could mean different things. On 2019-11-15 11:24 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: sorry James, i did not realize you were using adaptive technology. May I ask how you will manage once Google, as they

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
No Howard, I am looking for an alternative email platform comparative to mail.google.com, where I can reach access and work with e-mail in a low graphics environment. that means with a browser. links elinks both of which can incorporate javascripting in Linux, or lynx, which i use for

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
sorry James, i did not realize you were using adaptive technology. May I ask how you will manage once Google, as they plan, block all third party screen readers? Sorry if I seem frustrated, but I asked a very specific question, not to have my choices dismissed because you do things

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Slackrat via talk
James Knott via talk writes: > > I prefer using an email client such as Seamonkey or Thunderbird, to a > browser.  They work fine. > I tried Blunderbird - once Went back to Emacss/Gnus -- William Henderson aka Slackrat http://billh.sdf.org/slackware.jpg --- Post to this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Slackrat via talk
Karen Lewellen via talk writes: > Hi folks, > I was going to just ask for alternatives to consider, but want to keep > the Linux element here as I mainly use a Ubuntu shell. > Now that google is making it profoundly difficult reaching basic html > in low graphics environments, I may need a new

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-14 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 22:00:43 -0500 (EST) Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > Hi folks, > I was going to just ask for alternatives to consider, but want to keep the > Linux element here as I mainly use a Ubuntu shell. > Now that google is making it profoundly difficult reaching basic html in >

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-14 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-11-14 10:00 PM, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: I was going to just ask for alternatives to consider, but want to keep the Linux element here as I mainly use a Ubuntu shell. Now that google is making it  profoundly difficult reaching basic html in low graphics environments, I may need a

[GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-14 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi folks, I was going to just ask for alternatives to consider, but want to keep the Linux element here as I mainly use a Ubuntu shell. Now that google is making it profoundly difficult reaching basic html in low graphics environments, I may need a new home. I prefer reading on the web for