Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Unknown Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.debian Subject: Re: Product LockIn Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:53:04 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:53:04 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="da3aafc2fbaa1e54e0edf25b184601e0"; logging-data="19099"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+x1UQSOpetzpzJD1hg7hahgXaMoXZOsaA=" User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) Cancel-Lock: sha1:HNTHJ72ZKZe3GxMu08yeMK9mn5E= Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.slackware:26536 comp.os.linux.misc:17104 alt.os.linux.debian:7948 On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:52:01 +0000, Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw wrote: > On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:54:45 +0000, no.top.post wrote: > >> This web-based clown system wants to go on-line, and won't accept >> further editing, so you lose your previous work, when you the >> "Subject" field. Apparently the user should just mouse [or perhaps Tab] >> when the Subject field is done? > > I'll let you in on a little secret: Gmail supports IMAP, you can use > just about any mail client you want. There is nothing forcing you to > use the web interface. Yes, I've read that often; and pop too. IIRC I tried mutt with IMAP once and rejected it, because it assumed an always on-line connection. I need to send and fetch in a one-shot 60 seconds connection. Now I tried thunderbird [another cartoon-based system]. Google shows plenty of discussions about the error-that-it-gives me too. It's as if thunderbird must use a different password to web-based, which would be absurd. What really pisses me off, is these continual like messages of .