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NOPE! that's where the time goes, you know.

I see what it is. All of my TLD "owned domain names" are not there.

So. yep. that explains why we don't use it.

For a while, it had access to any imap.
:(

are there #emailservice providers that let you setup for aggregate / inbox, several accounts like that?

#Spark email isnt free. #mailspring breaks for me, as well as #bluemail
never sending mail, waiting 15 minutes for a compose window to be drawn, composed from the wrong account, etc.

that's where the time goes, you know.

So I've given @mailfence a very quick test on their Free tier.

That seems to be quite reasonable alternative for e-mail services. In som parts it's what I would expect @mailbox_org being. Except of one thing: Unencrypted incoming e-mails will not be stored encrypted.

Since I'm on the free tier currently, I've not tested the IMAP integration.

The weakness of #Mailfence and #Mailbox are that the PGP setup requires some efforts to happen. The "settings" panel on Mailfence is cleaner and better organized than mailbox.org, but the latter one is capable of ensuring all received e-mails are stored encrypted - regardless if it was encrypted at arrival or not.

PGP key management is still not as easy as it should be for non-tech users. "It should just happen automatically", is my stance here. It's close to being good, but you need to explicitly enable encryption on each mail you send - unless you reply to an already encrypted mail. This will confuse users and it will result in more unencrypted mails sent than intended.

Neither Mailfence nor mailbox.org will decrypt encrypted Subject fields.

I've briefly tested the WebDAV integration, which seems to work. But WebDAV is not end-to-end-encrypted, so uploaded data will not be stored in so-called "zero access" mode. This means the Mailfence people managing their servers can access and read your data. This will be the same for CalDAV/CardDAV too (calendar and contacts synching)

Mailbox.org recently announced they will upgrade their login system - which is long overdue. Their OTP setup is currently just confusing and very far from user friendly. Here Mailfence is very straight forward.

Both Mailfence and #mailbox_org still got quite a long way to provide a properly privacy enabled service. They're on a good path, but currently far from the capabilities of @protonprivacy, even on the most basic features in e-mail.

#privacy#email#pgp
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FOSS NEWS

Firefox 133 released with option to show tabs from other devices in the Tab overview menu (if Firefox Sync is enabled I guess), Bounce Tracking Protection, new anti-tracking feature enabled in Enhanced Tracking Protection’s Strict mode etc.:
9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-

Firefox 134 enters beta, includes support touchpad hold gestures on Linux, Cookie Banner Blocker:
9to5linux.com/firefox-134-ente

Firefox switches from tar.bz2 to tar.xz for faster downloads and extraction times:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/firefo

Proton reveals roadmaps for Mail, Calendar and Drive, promising support for Finnish and Hindi languages, option to set Mail desktop app as the default for emails, integrate video conferencing services with Calendar, custom responses for event invites, public documents and folders on Drive, option to organize photos to albums, improved collaboration in Docs and many more:
proton.me/blog/mail-calendar-p
proton.me/blog/proton-drive-pr

NewPipe 0.27.3 released with NewPlayer (a new media player framework), support for secondary audio track types, option to expand/collapse playlist descriptions, automatic handling for subscribeto.me PeerTube instance links etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2024/11

ONLYOFFICE DocSpace 3.0 released with Virtual Data Rooms for storing and sharing confidential information, custom logo for rooms, revamped user types and roles, non-member users can be granted edit, review and comment permissions etc.:
news.itsfoss.com/onlyoffice-do

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FOSS NEWS

Proton introduces new AI feature Proton Scribe in Mail, which can be run locally, helps writing email, fix typos:
proton.me/blog/proton-scribe-w
(Yeah let's cram AI everywhere because why not... Ok it can be useful of course but still a bit concerning)

Wikipedia gets dark mode:
alternativeto.net/news/2024/7/
(Better later than never I guess lol)

PeerTube 6.2 released with new interface for reviewing comments, custom comment filters, AI video transcripting (oh no not AI again lol), option to choose thumbnail from video:
joinpeertube.org/news/release-
(Comment reactions (like, dislike, heart) when?)

Audacity 3.6 released with master effects, FFmpeg 7 support, refreshed UI, new compressor and limiter effects, pasting external audio files using Ctrl + V etc.:
9to5linux.com/audacity-3-6-ope

Blender 4.2 LTS released with GPU accelerated final rendering, improved denoising, GPU acceleration enabled by default on AMD GPUs etc.:
9to5linux.com/blender-4-2-lts-

VirtualBox 7.0.20 released with support for openSUSE 15.6 and RHEL 9.5 kernels, and various bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-0-2

Proton · Introducing Proton Scribe, a private writing assistant that writes and proofreads emails for you | ProtonWith Proton Scribe, your team will save time writing emails, and you'll protect your business data by reducing the need to expose it to AI assistants.

Hmmmm.... Curious what #email service providers I can look into for replacing a long term email acct that I have. I have a domain registered that I'd like to use but, what service should I use to host?

Would like something stable, secure, run by queer folk (or at least not run by a transphobic/queerphobic group). Also wanna filter out services run by people eying the AI/ML Kool-Aid