![]() ![]() If anything, it's the opposite, with the latter presenting self-serving, self-promoting suggestions to the customer, and obvious and unsubtle "nudge" tactics. Vivaldi is apparently proprietary despite being based upon Chromium (much like Chrome is).Īnd I don't see any evidence that the free software movement is any worse for this than proprietary software. ![]() You think the Free Software movement are the worst offenders here? *Seriously*?! But isn't it odd now that the Internet can be considered a mature technology, we still have to hunt around for a decent email program? An oasis of sanity in a desert of madness. Be clear: Microsoft has your passwords in clear text to be able to do this, not hashes.Īt least on UNIX we have Sylpheed/Claws. I am surprised that this has not been called out before. You have to delete the account, change the password on your IMAP server to something that Microsoft doesn't know, then recreate the account remembering to toggle the toggle. You can't disable this after you have created the account. What do I see in the IMAP authentication logs? Connections from 52.125.139.31, which is Microsoft. ![]() You don't believe me? I made the mistake this morning of not hitting the toggle after I added a new account. This is a huge security hole as it means that Microsoft has your plain text password for third party accounts. MS Outlook also has a nasty feature of wanting to "Sync with Microsoft Cloud" your email accounts, unless you click the toggle off. Well I hope they add a few more things, because at the moment it is like version 0.6. Its IMAP functionality is very limited, like it is was added as a preview of things to come. MS Outlook is a just about OK email program. It has a weird undeletable file called DataVaults under ~/Library/Mail/. I use Macs more often than Windows these days, and UNIX on the side. There was Outlook Express, which, while basic, was not at all bad for average home users. There was Netscape Communicator, which included Netscape Messenger. In the past there was Eudora (and Eudora Light). Why is it so hard to find a good email program? With IMAP it's easy to try a new client so long as you're confident that it won't delete emails in error or screw up your folder system. I'm moderately happy with my setup but as I'm a Vivaldi browser user I'll certainly try their client - after a decent interval. The client on my desktop also has separate local folders for archiving. But I hate to be dependent on the internet and my email server working, so I use clients that synchronise the server folders with local ones. Personally I like IMAP with folders in the cloud, so that I can access all recent emails wherever there is internet access. One of several MS email screw-ups over the years, so I now avoid their clients. When I moved to Outlook I discovered (too late!) that in the transfer, the names of senders were retained but their email addresses had been omitted, so it was impossible to write to a former contact. I started as a sole trader on the cheap with Outlook Express. ![]() Storage and backup need careful thought, and proprietary storage systems can make it a nightmare to transfer to a new platform. If you're a freelance or sole trader, it's easy to amass tens of thousands of emails, any of which might need to be retrieved years later in the event of a dispute arising. You can't write off email, it's vital for a lot of people. ![]()
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