Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
27 Apr 2024, 03:02 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,638
Yes, this really is a much better list than I...
Yes, this really is a much better list than I usually see. The only things that puzzled me were the inclusion of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) and the omission of Night of the Hunter (1955).
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Forum: Setting up/running an email service
10 Apr 2024, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,143
I think TenFour’s suggestion about initially...
I think TenFour’s suggestion about initially running a mail server just for yourself was excellent advice. I keep an email server running for testing purposes and as a backup.
My preferred email...
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Forum: The Technical Zone...
17 Mar 2024, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,886
Thunderbird supports OAuth2. Both Gmail and...
Thunderbird supports OAuth2. Both Gmail and Fastmail use that when you connect to your account using Thunderbird. Presumably that authentication is just as secure as logging into the web...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
16 Mar 2024, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,501
Wow. The "why" is a mystery to me (and, yes,...
Wow. The "why" is a mystery to me (and, yes, senders should use the A record in the absence of an MX record). Just out of curiosity I looked up their SPF record.
safe-mail.net. 900 IN TXT "v=spf1 a...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
10 Dec 2023, 02:38 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,410
“Fastmail, which traces its roots to POBox.com...
“Fastmail, which traces its roots to POBox.com (Pobox), an email service started in a West Philadelphia dorm room in 1995.”
That way of characterizing the history suprised me a bit.
An archived...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
9 Sep 2023, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 798
Thanks for that excellent write-up Mr David. I...
Thanks for that excellent write-up Mr David. I think my problems were cookie related. I typically disable cookies in Thunderbird, but it looks like they need to be set during the initial OAuth2...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
9 Sep 2023, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 798
Thunderbird 115
With Thunderbird 115, Fastmail now authenticates using OAuth2 instead of an app password. According to the Fastmail help article:
"...you will see a pop-up window where you'll be prompted to enter...
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Forum: Early Warning...
15 Jun 2023, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,770
Reviving an old thread. I’m in the U.S. and...
Reviving an old thread. I’m in the U.S. and just received an email similar to Fenman’s. In addition to removing the email accounts that had previously been included in Gandi’s registration...
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
12 May 2023, 11:02 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,968
I’m going to jump outside the poll to say that...
I’m going to jump outside the poll to say that the WORST remake ever was the 1998 remake of Psycho (1960). The BEST remake ever was the 1941 remake of The Maltese Falcon (1931). I feel compelled,...
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Forum: Google Gmail Forum
4 May 2023, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 799
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Forum: Google Gmail Forum
4 May 2023, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 799
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
14 Mar 2023, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,326
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
11 Mar 2023, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 880
Very interesting statistics in that article....
Very interesting statistics in that article. Before reading it, I did not know that if a domain has an A record, mail servers will attempt to deliver to the server in the A record if they do not find...
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Forum: Early Warning...
9 Mar 2023, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,770
I wonder if it's related to Gandi's recent...
I wonder if it's related to Gandi's recent "merge" with Total Web Solutions (https://domainnamewire.com/2023/03/02/total-web-solutions-acquires-domain-registrar-gandi-forming-new-entity/). According...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
19 Jan 2023, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 846
Pwned or Bot
"We're all so comprehensively pwned that if an email address isn't pwned, there's a good chance it doesn't belong to a real human."
https://www.troyhunt.com/pwned-or-bot/
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Forum: FastMail Forum
2 Oct 2022, 03:42 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,310
Is your account a new Fastmail account? Both in...
Is your account a new Fastmail account? Both in this forum and at Reddit, Fastmail users have reported new accounts being subjected to delays on outgoing messages. They received similar replies from...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
1 Oct 2022, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,175
Thanks for the Auto-Type tip. In my years of...
Thanks for the Auto-Type tip. In my years of using KeePassXC I somehow missed that feature and am experimenting with it now. I would greatly prefer *not* using a browser extension if I can accomplish...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
29 Sep 2022, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,175
I use KeePassXC's browser integration to fill...
I use KeePassXC's browser integration to fill some of my passwords, and the browser extension wouldn't let me enter my Fastmail credentials because it didn't recognize the URL. It took me a moment to...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
15 Sep 2022, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,500
You may be right about what motivates "most"...
You may be right about what motivates "most" self-hosters, although I don't really know. When I self-hosted it was mostly to have more control. If a message didn't arrive that I was expecting, I...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
13 Sep 2022, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,500
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Forum: Google Gmail Forum
25 Aug 2022, 04:09 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 33,615
Yes. Back in April I accepted an upgrade to...
Yes. Back in April I accepted an upgrade to Google Workspace offer (free through Oct 2022, then half price through Oct 2023). When Google announced the no-cost option for personal use I submitted a...
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Forum: FastMail Forum
6 Jul 2022, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,190
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Forum: FastMail Forum
6 Jul 2022, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,190
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Forum: Runbox Forum
4 Jun 2022, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,151
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
20 May 2022, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,461
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