Re: Product LockIn

From	Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Product LockIn
Date	2016-03-28 12:33 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<ndc0p3$svl$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 03/28/2016 02:46 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 28/03/16 01:58, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>> On 03/27/2016 05:10 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> On 27/03/16 19:47, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>> On 03/26/2016 06:07 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>> On 26/03/16 12:53, Unknown wrote:
>>>>>> 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 <Enter>
>>>>>>>> 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 <Life is better with
>>>>>> Coke>
>>>>>> like messages of <you should "update" your browser>.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Use POP if you want to permanently remove mails from the server
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.hesk.com/knowledgebase/?article=72
>>>>>
>>>>> gives the target, port and protocols
>>>>>
>>>>> You need to enable POP forwarding on gmail tho
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thudderbored is OK at all this.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      I have used POP3 on 2 different systems which refuse
>>>> to clean out the downloaded e-mails on their own.  I make
>>>> it a part of my routine to access the mail servers web interface and
>>>> delete those mails.  I leave the spam in a spam directory for
>>>> the server to hopefully learn from.  For the spam that makes
>>>> to my machine I have lengthy filters which directly move filtered
>>>> stuff to my Trash on Thunderbird.
>>>>      You can still turn off the cartoons on the latest version
>>>> of Thunderbird and I prefer text menus and text-labeled buttons.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What cartoons? I have used th-udderbird for years and nevere noticed
>>> any?
>>>
>>>>      bliss
>>
>>      The icons on buttons which can have text with them which
>> icons are personally confusing to me.  Someone else called them
>> cartoons originally and I thought it apt because they sure are
>> not fine art,
>>
> Until you mentioned that I wasn't even consciously ware that the control
> options had in fact icons as well as text. Everything does these days it
> seems.
>
> Part of the Onward March Of Progress towards a completely (instead of
> partially) illiterate society.

	Yep.  So it seems but then PBS shows on attempts to improve
basic education cheer me up again.
	
	bliss

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Product LockIn no.top.post@gmail.com - 2016-03-25 12:54 +0000
  Re: Product LockIn Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw <chakatfirepaw@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 22:52 +0000
    Re: Product LockIn colonel_hack@yahoo.com - 2016-03-25 21:28 -0700
    Re: Product LockIn Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 12:53 +0000
      Re: Product LockIn The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-26 13:07 +0000
        Re: Product LockIn Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-03-27 11:47 -0700
          Re: Product LockIn The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-28 01:10 +0100
            Re: Product LockIn Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-03-27 17:58 -0700
              Re: Product LockIn The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-28 10:46 +0100
                Re: Product LockIn Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-03-28 12:33 -0700
                Re: Product LockIn Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-03-28 20:30 +0000
                Re: Product LockIn The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-28 21:47 +0100
                Re: Product LockIn Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2016-03-29 02:28 +0000
              Re: Product LockIn Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-03-28 08:12 -0400
                Re: Product LockIn Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-03-28 07:11 -0700
      Re: Product LockIn "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-26 15:18 +0100
        Re: Product LockIn The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-26 15:04 +0000
          Re: Product LockIn "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-26 21:25 +0100
            Re: Product LockIn The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-27 12:05 +0100
              Re: Product LockIn "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-27 15:57 +0200
                Re: Product LockIn "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-29 12:26 +0200
              Re: Product LockIn Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-03-27 14:45 +0000
                Re: Product LockIn The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-27 16:25 +0100
                Re: Product LockIn Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-03-27 16:05 +0000
                Re: Product LockIn "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-29 04:35 +0200
                Re: Product LockIn Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2016-03-31 01:59 +0000
                Re: Product LockIn Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2016-03-30 21:15 -0700
                Re: Product LockIn Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2016-03-31 16:36 +0000
                Re: Product LockIn "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-04-01 03:45 +0200
                Re: Product LockIn "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> - 2016-04-01 21:54 +0200
                Re: Product LockIn "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-04-01 22:46 +0200
                Re: Product LockIn Mark Carroll <mtbc@ixod.org> - 2016-03-27 18:14 +0100
                Re: Product LockIn Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-03-27 20:52 +0100
                Re: Product LockIn The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-28 01:12 +0100
                Re: Product LockIn Mark Carroll <mtbc@ixod.org> - 2016-03-28 08:32 +0100
                Re: Product LockIn Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-03-28 11:47 +0100
                Re: Product LockIn Aaron Baugher <aaron@baugher.biz> - 2016-03-28 07:07 -0500
                Re: Product LockIn "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-29 04:32 +0200
            Re: Product LockIn "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> - 2016-03-27 15:07 +0200
              Re: Product LockIn "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-27 15:54 +0200
                Re: Product LockIn "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> - 2016-03-28 01:34 +0200
        Re: Product LockIn no.top.post@gmail.com - 2016-03-28 02:55 +0000
          Re: Product LockIn "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-29 04:44 +0200
      Re: Product LockIn Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-03-26 19:05 +0000
  Re: Product LockIn sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2016-03-30 14:37 +0000

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