Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-23 Thread abhijithb21
Well said leny2010.

Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-23 Thread Andrew Lindley
Well said leny2010. Thanks :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-23 Thread adel . afzal
Thanks a lot Leny; that really helps. STMP, POP, and IMAP are free, right? And then there are other proprietary alternatives (as you said)?

Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-23 Thread Andrew Lindley
From: adel.af...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol? Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:50:54 +0200 (CEST) Thanks a lot Leny; that really helps. STMP, POP, and IMAP are free, right? And then there are other proprietary alternatives (as you said)? I'm not sure

Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-21 Thread riftyful
I thought Tox.im was just a website for Tox? Tox itself, as far as I know, is free software, so yes, I believe it uses free protocols. But I'm no expert.

[Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-20 Thread adel . afzal
It's a free communication protocol, right?

Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-20 Thread D. A. H.
I'd say so, if it uses any of the free internet protocols, pop, smtp, or imap. Not sure about special protocols used in MS Exchange, Groupwise, or the like.

Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-20 Thread legimet . calc
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email#Message_format for the format.

Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-20 Thread adel . afzal
Does Tox.im use a free communication protocol? I suppose that because it's free software, anyone can figure out how the protocol works? In practice, at the moment, only Tox.im uses its protocol right?

Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-20 Thread Andrew Lindley
From: adel.af...@gmail.com Subject: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol? Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 21:17:20 +0200 (CEST) It's a free communication protocol, right? IMO email, formerly e-mail or electronic mail, is a communication method not a protocol per se. Protocols are used