Forum: FastMail Forum
25 Apr 2006, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 646
Off watching the cricket?
FM seems very slow right now. Is the unseasonably pleasant weather proving too much of a temptation? Has the server popped out to watch the ANZAC Day cricket match? Any news?
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Forum: FastMail Forum
12 Nov 2005, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 24,510
Unknown language?
Ooooh! Mind you don't use a word that a moderator doesn't know -- like, for example, bowdlerize -- or you might get... bowdlerized!
(FYI, see http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bowdlerize for...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
12 Nov 2005, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 24,510
Gmail will do
Thanks for the heads-up on the Gmail attachments issue - I tested it by sending mail from Yahoo to Gmail, and sure enough an attachment with an .exe file does bounce. However, renaming the file to...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
31 Aug 2004, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,071
Update
My update: it looks like I'll be sticking with Fastmail, despite my unhappiness with IMAP. Why? Because Fastmail is the only mail service that has any-port proxies -- that is, I can tell my mailer...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
30 Aug 2004, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,071
Not a Thunderbird issue
Gerry, et al - I'm a programmer. I know what it's like to develop software, like Fastmail's IMAP, that has to work with third-party applications. Getting things to work with closed-source apps like...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
29 Aug 2004, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,071
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
29 Aug 2004, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,071
Alternatives to fastmail
Right, after having my inbox deleted by a rogue IMAP bug, I've decided there's just no point continuing with fastmail. I'm always happy to support a home-grown product, but sooner or later it comes...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
7 Jul 2004, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 533
No news is good news?
I've noticed a few times now that the news section on the main page of fastmail.fm contains nothing but:
News
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More news at FastMail.FM weblog
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Forum: FastMail Forum
3 Mar 2004, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 981
I got the mail and filters copied over by the...
I got the mail and filters copied over by the simple trick of copying the files from the appropriate directory under C:\Documents and Settings - after a bit of trial and error. So yes, it looks like...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
3 Mar 2004, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 981
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Forum: FastMail Forum
3 Mar 2004, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 981
IMAP via Proxy in Mozilla Mail
This is driving me batty. I have two computers at work, a desktop and a laptop. Both connect happily to the web through a proxy. Both have identical settings in Mozilla Mail, using...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
28 Jan 2004, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 4,914
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Forum: FastMail Forum
28 Jan 2004, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,592
Bounces still happen
We have just rejected a message to you from {...} because it tested as positive to a virus
using Kaspersky Anti-virus (http://www.kaspersky.com).
If you do not wish to use anti-virus protection,...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
26 Oct 2003, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 605
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Forum: FastMail Forum
25 Oct 2003, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 605
A mockup
Just to prove I have too much time on my hands, here's a mockup of a hypothetical stylesheets page:
http://flurf.net/fm/
(This does NOT constitute a job application, BTW! I realise it's still a...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
25 Oct 2003, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 605
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Forum: FastMail Forum
25 Oct 2003, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 605
Stylesheets and composing mail
Wandering through the stylesheet gallery again, I was struck by how few of the sheets there I can use. Why? Because I hate composing mail in any but a monospaced font. So any stylesheet that...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
23 Oct 2003, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 724
Eudora impressions
I gave up on Eudora because it didn't work properly with IMAP. I don't think there's such a thing as a good mail program out there, IMAP-enabled or not, so I use the web interface. I think the...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
10 Oct 2003, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 593
Email with images
I wouldn't mind an option to automatically reject HTML mail composed mostly or entirely of graphics. The only type of email I get that fits that bill is:
1. Spam, and
2. Email from clueless...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
19 Aug 2003, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 4,533
PDT link
BritTim, I think you're either (a) underestimating user intelligence (unlikely) or (b) nitpicking. If the users are indeed too dumb to figure out what to do with the PDT link, they'll be too dumb to...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
8 May 2003, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,243
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Forum: FastMail Forum
8 May 2003, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,243
<aol>Me too!</aol>
I can send mail, but I can't reply. Very weird. Does anyone want to see the error messages, or is Jeremy already ducking into a phonebooth and changing into his SuperGeek tights and cape?
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Forum: FastMail Forum
6 Sep 2002, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,498
The MTU of 5264 in decimal just happens to be...
The MTU of 5264 in decimal just happens to be 1490 in hex. I presume it should really be 1490 or so in decimal, right? Looks like someone typed a "0x" without meaning to -- or else there's a bug...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
4 Sep 2002, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 115
Views: 12,173
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Forum: FastMail Forum
6 Aug 2002, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 535
Format?
I hadn't noticed that. That will solve it when I'm replying, I'd guess... [experiments for a second] ... yep, that's pretty good. Thanks!
So what about when the messages come to me with the same...
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