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Re: alternatives to gmail?



Apologies if I mention a facility that you cannot or do not wish to access.

On Tue 19 Nov 2019 at 10:59:26 (-0500), Karen Lewellen wrote:
> while I respect your perspective,  I stated my specific goals because
> I know what  could and could not be possibly managed by me.
> I smile when  folks tell  me that over time I will not be able to do
> something,   I am using  DOS every day for my computing, a task I have
> managed since 1988.
> So, I know that I can, if I actually get an email provider suggestion
> find ways to continue.
> I also know that I cannot, lacking either machine, environment,
> platform, Dsl provider   infrastructure,  Functional Linux
> distribution,  time, or first hand  experience run a cla..at all.
> I asked for what I specifically needed, not for, no matter how well
> intended, what someone else thinks my goal is in this situation.

Your original question was "Anyone have a suggestion for an email service?"

I'm not sure why you think that this is a good place in which to ask.
Most here have probably found a satisfactory solution for themselves,
and might suggest that others use it¹, but their criteria for choosing
it are unlikely to coincide with yours, unless by chance. (Judging
from your timezone, mine would probably be inappropriate, for example.)

This is a mailing list for technical questions about Debian suites
(with varying amounts of latitude tolerated for close relatives).
There are websites that list email service providers in various
jurisdictions, and which give indications of their service levels
and costs etc. Some provide comparative reviews (which is how
I found my provider many years ago). Visiting such sites might be
more fruitful, though you'll still have to apply your own filters
to the information in view of the limitations you listed above.

I don't know how the big providers respond to technical questions
fired at them, particularly when they're free, but good ones should
be able to answer technical questions about their service before
you sign up.

¹ There might even be a bounty for such recommendations when they
  are taken up.

> On Tue, 19 Nov 2019, Mark Rousell wrote:
> > 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.

Cheers,
David.


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