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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=5 face=Arial>Hi Karen,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>I'm not sure if I fully understand your
requirements.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>But I myself went through a very long and arduous
search for an email hosting service provider a few years ago, when AT&T shut
down their email hosting service,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>I decided to register my own domain name so that I
would never ever again have to fo thorugh the huge task of notifying recipients
of the change in my emaii address. And not go through the even more onerous task
of upating numerous online services and forums where I am registered
through my email address.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>For sure you would be wise to get away
from an evil player like Google. Make competition work for you by going with
a large established provider, but not a monstrous monopoly like
Google.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>The task for me came down to finding a good
reliable web hosting service that also offered email hosting.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Although there are many other equally great hosting
services out there, I am happy I chose to use </FONT><FONT size=4
face=Arial></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.siteground.com"><FONT size=4
face=Arial>www.siteground.com</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>They are not the least expensive service but well
worth the money I pay every month. Rock-solid reliable infrastructure and
exceptionally literate and knowledgeable support team.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>The spam filtering offered by Siteground as basic
functionality works well for me. Never a false rejection of a legitimate
email and very few spam-suspect-quarantined emails for me to
handle.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=4
face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Siteground provides a choice of three (3) HTML
webmail user interfaces. I use RoundCube, the open source one, because I
favour open source if at all possible. I use the Comodo Dragon web browser with
RoundCube webmail interface, as Dragon seems to work better that
Firefox.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Although I actually fetch all my emails via POP3
and keep them on my local PC, I also use the Siteground webmail interface as a
backup and to help me with issues when MS Outlook Express on WIn XP mysteriously
fails to fetch the occasional email via POP3.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>I acces RoundCube webmail from an ancient
Dell Win XP PC, using a slow dialup landline modem. The low screen
resolution is not a problem. I'm somewhat sight-impaired so I zoom in a little
for better readability. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>I am now working to migrate off the Win XP PC to a
new PC running debian Linux.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Hope this helps.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=5 face=Arial>Steve</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>* * *</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Steve Petrie, P.Eng.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Oakville, Ontario, Canada<BR>(905)
847-3253<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:apetrie@aspetrie.net"><FONT size=4
face=Arial>apetrie@aspetrie.net</FONT></A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=talk@gtalug.org href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">Karen Lewellen via
talk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=evan@telly.org
href="mailto:evan@telly.org">Evan Leibovitch</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=klewellen@shellworld.net
href="mailto:klewellen@shellworld.net">Karen Lewellen</A> ; <A
title=talk@gtalug.org href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">GTALUG Talk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 15, 2019 12:53
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to
gmail working well in Ubintu?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Evan<BR>I am using Pine to write this e-mail as Shellworld
makes it available.<BR>Again, for this gmail address , I prefer Google's
front <BR>end.<BR>I actually cannot add an extra client to this shell service
as it <BR>functions more as an iSP.<BR>Thanks,<BR>Karen<BR><BR><BR>On
Fri, 15 Nov 2019, Evan Leibovitch wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi Karen,<BR>><BR>>
I haven't done this in a while from a desktop, but the access from<BR>>
Thunderbird etc to Gmail is not done through screen readers but rather
the<BR>> venerable IMAP protocol which is supported.<BR>> <A
href="https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en">https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en</A><BR>>
This is most commonly used by mobile, where there are a number of
email<BR>> interfaces that people may prefer to Gmail's front end. Even
Outlook for<BR>> Android supports this.<BR>><BR>> From a low-graphics
PoV I have to go back to my brain's archives, but there<BR>> are still
readers out there that don't require a GUI. My old favourite<BR>> "Pine" is
no longer under development but its successor and a few others<BR>>
are.<BR>> <A
href="https://fedoramagazine.org/3-cool-text-based-email-clients/">https://fedoramagazine.org/3-cool-text-based-email-clients/</A><BR>><BR>>
HTH,<BR>><BR>> - Evan<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> On Fri, 15
Nov 2019 at 11:25, Karen Lewellen via talk <<A
href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">talk@gtalug.org</A>><BR>>
wrote:<BR>><BR>>> sorry James, i did not realize you were using
adaptive technology.<BR>>> May I ask how you will manage once Google, as
they plan, block all third<BR>>> party screen readers?<BR>>>
Sorry if I seem frustrated, but I asked a very specific question, not
to<BR>>> have my choices dismissed because you do things
differently.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> On Thu, 14 Nov
2019, James Knott via talk wrote:<BR>>><BR>>>> On 2019-11-14
10:00 PM, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:<BR>>>>> I was going
to just ask for alternatives to consider, but want to keep<BR>>>
the<BR>>>>> Linux element here as I mainly use a Ubuntu
shell.<BR>>>>> Now that google is making it profoundly
difficult reaching basic html<BR>>> in<BR>>>>> low
graphics environments, I may need a new home. I prefer reading
on<BR>>>>> the web for this account, especially as I use it
largely for research<BR>>>>> needing to follow article links
and work with file attachments.<BR>>>>> Any solid
ideas?<BR>>>><BR>>>> I prefer using an email client such as
Seamonkey or Thunderbird, to a<BR>>>> browser. They work
fine.<BR>>>><BR>>>> ---<BR>>>> Post to this mailing
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