[GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi Evan
I am using Pine to write this e-mail as Shellworld makes it available.
Again, for this  gmail address , I prefer Google's front 
end.
I actually cannot add an extra client to this shell service as it 
functions more  as an iSP.
Thanks,
Karen


On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> Hi Karen,
>
> I haven't done this in a while from a desktop, but the access from
> Thunderbird etc to Gmail is not done through screen readers but rather the
> venerable IMAP protocol which is supported.
> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en
> This is most commonly used by mobile, where there are a number of email
> interfaces that people may prefer to Gmail's front end. Even Outlook for
> Android supports this.
>
> From a low-graphics PoV I have to go back to my brain's archives, but there
> are still readers out there that don't require a GUI. My old favourite
> "Pine" is no longer under development but its successor and a few others
> are.
> https://fedoramagazine.org/3-cool-text-based-email-clients/
>
> HTH,
>
> - Evan
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at 11:25, Karen Lewellen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> sorry James, i did not realize you were using adaptive technology.
>> May I ask how you will manage once Google, as they plan, block all third
>> party  screen readers?
>> Sorry if I seem frustrated, but I asked a very specific question, not to
>> have   my choices dismissed because you do things differently.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 14 Nov 2019, James Knott via talk wrote:
>>
>>> On 2019-11-14 10:00 PM, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
>>>>  I was going to just ask for alternatives to consider, but want to keep
>> the
>>>>  Linux element here as I mainly use a Ubuntu shell.
>>>>  Now that google is making it  profoundly difficult reaching basic html
>> in
>>>>  low graphics environments, I may need a new home.  I prefer reading on
>>>>  the web for this account, especially as I use it largely for research
>>>>  needing to follow article links and work with file attachments.
>>>>  Any solid ideas?
>>>
>>> I prefer using an email client such as Seamonkey or Thunderbird, to a
>>> browser.  They work fine.
>>>
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