On 19/11/2019 06:55, Karen Lewellen wrote:
why? after I have stated my goal is reading using a web interface
comparative to what one finds with gmail?
It seems that the key issue you have is that you want to access your
email via webmail (in other words, using a graphical environment which
is increasingly dependent on Javascript) via a text-only shell account.
This is a niche usage pattern that will only get harder over time to
operate successfully (although I fully recognise that you're stuck with it).
However, I'm sure it is still possible to work this way for now. It just
requires the right webmail client.
As others have mentioned, there are plenty of open source webmail
clients. I'd have thought that some of these can be configured to
operate without resorting to Javascript. In addition to the link that
Didier provided here is another handy list of open source webmail
clients: https://opensource.com/alternatives/gmail.
In particular, SquirrelMail gets a mention on this list. SquirrelMail
has seen little development in the last few years and, for that reason,
probably doesn't rely much on Javascript (although I cannot be certain
as I've not tested it). On the other hand, it may suffer from unpatched
security vulnerabilities.
Beyond that, I don't have enough experience of webmail clients to know
which ones can be configured to not be dependent on Javascript.
Nevertheless, these lists might be a step forward for you.
You'll either need to find an ISP who runs one of webmail clients that
you can use or you will need to get a web hosting account that allows
you to run one of them privately.
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Mark Rousell