Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-07 Thread Nick Sabalausky
On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 11:42:53 -0500 Nick Sabalausky seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com wrote: Like browsers, for instance. When Microsoft had their browser merely uninstallable... Erm... s/uninstallable/non-uninstallable/ (unless I'm remembering wrong)

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-06 Thread Russel Winder
On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 12:57 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote: […] That is a fair point. OTOH, Google (by their very nature) is dead-set on things like making sure the web gets treated as an application platform and getting people to store their personal data on Google's private cloud (a moronic

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-06 Thread Nick Sabalausky
On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:32:28 + Russel Winder rus...@winder.org.uk wrote: On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 12:57 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote: […] Also I think another part of what makes Google (and Apple) so dangerous is that unlike MS, most people are still hailing them as wonderful and

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-06 Thread Russel Winder
On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 11:42 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote: […] Yea, I've noticed the same thing :( People are so enamored with their iDevices, that they think Apple can do no wrong. At least that's the only explanation I can think of. Perhaps Apple employees visit everyone who buys an Apple

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-06 Thread Nick Sabalausky
On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:25:48 + Russel Winder rus...@winder.org.uk wrote: On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 11:42 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote: […] Yea, I've noticed the same thing :( People are so enamored with their iDevices, that they think Apple can do no wrong. At least that's the only

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-06 Thread Walter Bright
On 1/6/2013 8:42 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: Like browsers, for instance. When Microsoft had their browser merely uninstallable and set as the *initial* default browser, the DOJ went apeshit, nevermind the fact that MS did *nothing* to prevent people from downloading and using competing browsers.

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-05 Thread Russel Winder
On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 02:20 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote: […] Sounds like you must be very good at Linux. I would never have been able to do it without this guide: http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-debian-6-squeeze I found that to be more contrived, obscure, and

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-05 Thread Nick Sabalausky
On Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:18:07 + Russel Winder rus...@winder.org.uk wrote: On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 02:20 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote: Yea. Google's Don't be evil is a complete load of self-rationalizing bullshit. I mean, christ, their whole business is based on mining/selling personal

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-04 Thread Nick Sabalausky
On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:09:24 + Russel Winder rus...@winder.org.uk wrote: On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 14:17 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: […] Whoa. Four instances I run my own SMTP and IMAP server in about as many paragraphs. You must feel quite strongly about that... :-) Originally

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Walter Bright
On 1/3/2013 1:22 AM, Russel Winder wrote: I don't see that local or server-based storage makes any difference to the ability to manage email. But maybe I am missing something about your particular workflow. 1. I control the backups 2. Third parties don't have access to my email history. I

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:26:51 Walter Bright wrote: 2. Third parties don't have access to my email history. I don't care what their privacy policy says - if they have it, they will use it as they please. You have no way to even discover what they do with it Unless you're managing your

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Russel Winder
On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 10:26 -0800, Walter Bright wrote: […] 1. I control the backups I run my own SMTP and IMAP server, including it's backing up. I like control! 2. Third parties don't have access to my email history. I don't care what their privacy policy says - if they have it, they

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Matthew Caron
On 01/03/2013 01:26 PM, Walter Bright wrote: On 1/3/2013 1:22 AM, Russel Winder wrote: I don't see that local or server-based storage makes any difference to the ability to manage email. But maybe I am missing something about your particular workflow. 1. I control the backups The hosting

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Walter Bright
On 1/3/2013 10:53 AM, Russel Winder wrote: On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 10:26 -0800, Walter Bright wrote: […] 1. I control the backups I run my own SMTP and IMAP server, including it's backing up. I like control! I agree that is the best solution.

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Walter Bright
On 1/3/2013 10:41 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: Unless you're managing your own e-mail server (which you may be doing - I have no idea), then even if you store your e-mail locally and delete it from the server, you're still not saved from this. I know - but it's less likely, and most ISPs delete

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 1/3/13 1:53 PM, Russel Winder wrote: On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 10:26 -0800, Walter Bright wrote: […] 1. I control the backups I run my own SMTP and IMAP server, including it's backing up. I like control! 2. Third parties don't have access to my email history. I don't care what their privacy

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Jacob Carlborg
On 2013-01-03 19:53, Russel Winder wrote: On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 10:26 -0800, Walter Bright wrote: […] 1. I control the backups I run my own SMTP and IMAP server, including it's backing up. I like control! Next step: becoming your own ISP ? -- /Jacob Carlborg

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Russel Winder
On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 14:17 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: […] Whoa. Four instances I run my own SMTP and IMAP server in about as many paragraphs. You must feel quite strongly about that... :-) Originally I was doing it to make sure I could sys admin Apache/Postfix/Dovecot (previously

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Russel Winder
On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 21:08 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote: […] Next step: becoming your own ISP ? Define ISP ;-) -- Russel. = Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Dmitry Olshansky
04-Jan-2013 00:12, Russel Winder пишет: On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 21:08 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote: […] Next step: becoming your own ISP ? Define ISP ;-) Then go for autonomous system aka AS g -- Dmitry Olshansky

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Walter Bright
On 1/3/2013 11:17 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Andrei I don't yet run my own SMTP and IMAP server Alexandrescu Sheesh. How can you ever hold your head up again after that admission?

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 1/3/13 10:07 PM, Walter Bright wrote: On 1/3/2013 11:17 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Andrei I don't yet run my own SMTP and IMAP server Alexandrescu Sheesh. How can you ever hold your head up again after that admission? I actually used to, heh. Communigate Pro they called it, beautiful

Re: Managing email [ was Re: D 1.076 and 2.061 release ]

2013-01-03 Thread Walter Bright
On 1/3/2013 8:25 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Andrei I know better than run my own SMTP/IMAP servers Alexandrescu All we need now is a Penny.