Re: how to test disk for bad sector
On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:04:46 +0100
Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> wrote:
> On 31/08/2020 14:18, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> > On 30/08/2020 19:02, Long Wind wrote:
> >> On Sunday, August 30, 2020, 10:20:53 AM EDT, Charles Curley
> >> <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> >>> Yahoo mail is broken. I encourage Mr. Wind to get another mail reader.
> >>
> >>
> >> i don't have choice. gmail is blocked in china. i've tried some free
> >> chinese mail provider, they block debian list. (i've sent subscription
> >> request thru their mail service, then nothing happened)
> > Pretty much all webmail services are bad with regards to proper quoting
> > and interleaved text. Some are worse than others, though.
> >
> > Does Yahoo provide IMAP/SMTP support? Then you can use a real mail
> > client (Thunderbird/KMail/mutt/etc).
> >
> Yes, it does. Yahoo! are moving over to 2FA authentication everywhere
> (which is obviously not compatible with IMAP/SMTP) so you'll be
> encouraged to create an "Application Specific Password" (that is, a
> long, unique password, which you should use for one instance of one
> application) for tools like Mutt, GetMail etc. I *think* Thunderbird
> supports 2FA, though - use the new account Wizard to assist you.
>
The switch to the "new" set up is scheduled for 20 October 2020. If you
have a Yahoo Mail account, you should have gotten a notice already
with instruction links for adapting to the new system based on your
OS and email client. Not needed if you use Yahoo's mail client or Web
access.
I myself use Claws Mail as my email client and Yahoo has had a nasty
habit over the past few years of "timing it out" for security reasons as
"too old." "Too old" means about 2 years. Currently, I'm still using
Stretch and even the Backports version of Claws won't work with Yahoo
Mail. Works with everything else though. Fortunately, I had an install
of Devuan Beowulf (Buster but without systemd) in a VM for testing, and
the version of Claws there works fine.
My solution to all this has been to delete all my Yahoo accounts and be
done with Yahoo. Currently, I have only one account left which I'll be
keeping for a few months until I can switch all the contacts over to
the new email account under a different provider.
To our OP in China: check if Zoho Mail is blocked. They have offices in
China -- www.zoho.com.cn So, I doubt they are. They have both free and
for pay accounts. Lots of features, too.
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