myopera.com is closing

[Tsunami]

Well, I cannot recall the exact term when I signed up to Fastmail, I do know I have a free account with 25 MB storage and an inactivity limit of 120 days. So I guess that would make it a Guest Account, even though cannot remember that exact term.

But oh well, it seems free accounts will remain free for those who already used them prior to suspending new free sign-ups.

[metal]

Originally Posted by David

Congratulations on your 100th post metal

Cheers

Thanks David.

[n5bb]

Originally Posted by Tsunami

Well, I cannot recall the exact term when I signed up to Fastmail, I do know I have a free account with 25 MB storage and an inactivity limit of 120 days. So I guess that would make it a Guest Account, even though cannot remember that exact term....

Your account service level (and many other details about your account) is shown on the Account>Account Status screen.

Bill

[Berenburger]

As you might know, MyOpera (mail) will end at march 1, 2014 and many users look for an alternative.

The co-founder of Opera J. S. v Tetzchner and some former employees set up a new home for all of those who are looking for a new place similar to the old my.opera. Also a mail service (not subscribed yet) is part of it.

What do you think?

[FredOnline]

A nice simple Roundcube interface.

Just signed up for an account, regarding the information to register, you can be creative.

They ask for address, but only necessary to flag the country to proceed.

Wonder what the mailbox size is?

[B4its2L8]

Originally Posted by Berenburger

As you might know, MyOpera (mail) will end at march 1, 2014 and many users look for an alternative.

The co-founder of Opera J. S. v Tetzchner and some former employees set up a new home for all of those who are looking for a new place similar to the old my.opera. Also a mail service (not subscribed yet) is part of it.

What do you think?

Nice. I was able to get my (relatively common) first name as a username, so I guess that means there aren't that many people signed up for it yet.

Slightly OT: Since the mail there is Roundcube, it looks like Vivaldi won't be using the present MyOpera email interface. And since Opera itself won't be using it after March, I do hope FM can have it (or will at least bother to ask for it!) and adapt it as an alternate theme for their own webmail! (Why in the world let a nice, attractive theme like that go to waste?)

[drew]

Cool that he has set up such service.

https://vivaldi.net/
How is he able to give us ad free email?

Usually free emails are payed by the ads ?

Another thing to wonder about. Why do they need
every little detail about us? If I get them correctly
they say this is a must or obligatoy or else no account
get created?

They had a star * but I saw no explanation what it meant

[FredOnline]

Originally Posted by FredOnline

Wonder what the mailbox size is?

I asked this question on the Vivaldi Forum and got this response:

Currently the mailbox quota is 5 GB (+5 GB for photos)

[drew]

Maybe I should sign up with Vivaldi then.

That opera shutdown all services means
their very good mini-opera program for smartphones
also will be shut down. I liked that service so sad
it has to end.

[Dutchie007]

Just signed up...looks nice. If this works aswell as the old myopera I am a very happy man.

What seems strange is that they say on their site the company is situated in Iceland...wereas a test email from the webmail shows an IP from Germany.

How is this to explain??

Thanks

Dutchie.

[n5bb]

Originally Posted by Dutchie007

...What seems strange is that they say on their site the company is situated in Iceland...wereas a test email from the webmail shows an IP from Germany...

As far as I can tell (from test messages) both the incoming and outgoing MTA servers for vivaldi.net email are indeed located in Iceland. The IP address I see for outgoing messages is 82.221.99.162, which is in Iceland. Fastmail looks this up as DE (Germany), so my guess is that this was a German IP which was changed to Iceland. That IP is registered to a company with an address in Germany, but it is apparently actually located in Iceland.

The vivaldi.net DNS and email setup is lacking a bit. Only one MX entry is found in the DNS records (two or more is recommended). The outgoing SMTP greeting isn't exactly correct, so reverse DNS tests may fail. Messages sent to postmaster and abuse are not accepted, so the standard method of informing their staff of abuse or other difficulties with their domain is not possible. They use a Roundcube webmail system.

Bill

[Dutchie007]

Ok Bill...thanks for the heads up....email from Island is always good:-)

D

[DavidJ]

Originally Posted by drew

That opera shutdown all services means
their very good mini-opera program for smartphones
also will be shut down.

Drew,

Why should the browser itself stop working when they close down MyOpera?

Thanks.
D.

[Bamb0]

Originally Posted by FredOnline

That is disappointing news....

Yes it is after they ruined Fastmail (Made it worse) then sold it back when they saw it going downhill.......... (Whats sadder is the original ppl dont care to bring back the BETTER it was when they first sold it)

Seems to be the trend....

[DavidJ]

Originally Posted by drew

How is he able to give us ad free email?

Usually free emails are payed by the ads ?

Zoho.com does the same, and I guess it works, since they've been around for a while. Two possibilities:

1. The free services serve as advertising (and testbed) for the paid services, or
2. it is not expected to be profitable under the present conditions. The founders expect to get their profit by selling the whole business, even before it becomes profitable. The old dot-com eyeball game.

Originally Posted by drew

If I get them correctly
they say this is a must or obligatoy or else no account
get created?

No; I just created an account without giving them an address (other than a country) or a birthday. And I used a throwaway for my secondary email.

Good luck.
David.