Hi all, I am looking for an email service provider which offers pop3 to download email to a local machine. Mcmedia no longer providing this since they were bought by Bendigo telco I would also like this to be a constant email address that does not change every time I need to change ISP's. Privacy is also something of an issue and there seems to be some question on this issue with Gmail which I believe does allow the use of pop3. Lindsay BTW best wishs's to all.
On Monday, 19 December 2016 4:09:59 PM AEDT Ray via luv-main wrote:
I am looking for an email service provider which offers pop3 to download email to a local machine. Mcmedia no longer providing this since they were bought by Bendigo telco I would also like this to be a constant email address that does not change every time I need to change ISP's. Privacy is also something of an issue and there seems to be some question on this issue with Gmail which I believe does allow the use of pop3.
Why do you want to use POP3? You can use Fetchmail and several other mail copying systems with IMAP. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
On 19.12.2016 16:53, Russell Coker wrote:
On Monday, 19 December 2016 4:09:59 PM AEDT Ray via luv-main wrote:
I am looking for an email service provider which offers pop3 to download email to a local machine. Mcmedia no longer providing this since they were bought by Bendigo telco I would also like this to be a constant email address that does not change every time I need to change ISP's. Privacy is also something of an issue and there seems to be some question on this issue with Gmail which I believe does allow the use of pop3.
Why do you want to use POP3? You can use Fetchmail and several other mail copying systems with IMAP.
Now I only use email when I have to, I do not regard it as a reliable method of communication, but from the little I know about pop3 and imap.........On general principle I do not like to store my own material on a system outside of my control. I also ONLY use email from a single system and have absolutely NO DESIRE for ANY kind of remote access of email. I still have email I received from 10 years ago, it makes interesting reading on what I was up to then. Man thanks for the reply, Lindsay
Ray via luv-main <luv-main@luv.asn.au> writes:
Now I only use email when I have to, I do not regard it as a reliable method of communication, but from the little I know about pop3 and imap.........On general principle I do not like to store my own material on a system outside of my control. I also ONLY use email from a single system and have absolutely NO DESIRE for ANY kind of remote access of email. I still have email I received from 10 years ago, it makes interesting reading on what I was up to then.
It is possible to use IMAP in exactly the same way you use POP. There is no requirement that keep the emails on the server after you have downloaded them. -- Brian May <brian@linuxpenguins.xyz> https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/
Brian May via luv-main <luv-main@luv.asn.au> wrote:
It is possible to use IMAP in exactly the same way you use POP. There is no requirement that keep the emails on the server after you have downloaded them.
If I remember rightly, keeping the messages on the server is not the default in Fetchmail, for example - you have to specify the "keep" option if you want to prevent the mail from being automatically deleted from the folders on the server. So, perhaps Fetchmail's default behaviour would be the desired result in this case.
Ray via luv-main wrote:
Hi all,
I am looking for an email service provider which offers pop3 to download email to a local machine. Mcmedia no longer providing this since they were bought by Bendigo telco I would also like this to be a constant email address that does not change every time I need to change ISP's. Privacy is also something of an issue and there seems to be some question on this issue with Gmail which I believe does allow the use of pop3.
Not sure about pop3; but I gave up on Gmail (also google-drive etc) in disgust; when I discovered they wouldn't let me logon; with out knowing my IP address ... I believe Hotmail and Yahoo are much the same ! For 'semi-anonymous' , free email (mostly commercial stuff); I now use :https://www.vfemail.net where I am "mclrhn at vfemail dot net"; which is accessible via TOR regards Rohan McLeod
On Mon, Dec 19, 2016, at 04:09 PM, Ray via luv-main wrote:
I am looking for an email service provider which offers pop3 to download email to a local machine. Mcmedia no longer providing this since they were bought by Bendigo telco I would also like this to be a constant email address that does not change every time I need to change ISP's. Privacy is also something of an issue and there seems to be some question on this issue with Gmail which I believe does allow the use of pop3.
I've recently started using FastMail - for various reasons, many of which are ease of use, friendliness towards free software and being based in Melbourne. You can use their web UI, or grab mail via POP or IMAP. The way I have things set up is that there's a cache of recent mail on their servers (so I can use web or phone apps) and I also sync everything to local disk, purging old mail from server.
I know the people @ fastmail - personal bias... I'd recommend them because I know the competence of the individuals involved, and have heard some of the war stories... https://blog.fastmail.com/ On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Stewart Smith via luv-main < luv-main@luv.asn.au> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 19, 2016, at 04:09 PM, Ray via luv-main wrote:
I am looking for an email service provider which offers pop3 to download email to a local machine. Mcmedia no longer providing this since they were bought by Bendigo telco I would also like this to be a constant email address that does not change every time I need to change ISP's. Privacy is also something of an issue and there seems to be some question on this issue with Gmail which I believe does allow the use of pop3.
I've recently started using FastMail - for various reasons, many of which are ease of use, friendliness towards free software and being based in Melbourne.
You can use their web UI, or grab mail via POP or IMAP.
The way I have things set up is that there's a cache of recent mail on their servers (so I can use web or phone apps) and I also sync everything to local disk, purging old mail from server. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list luv-main@luv.asn.au https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
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Fastmail have been excellent for me for years now. I changed to them after having a lot of trouble logging into gmail, especially when I was in NZ. ben -- bnis@fastmail.fm On Mon, Dec 19, 2016, at 06:44 PM, Stewart Smith via luv-main wrote:
On Mon, Dec 19, 2016, at 04:09 PM, Ray via luv-main wrote:
I am looking for an email service provider which offers pop3 to download email to a local machine. Mcmedia no longer providing this since they were bought by Bendigo telco I would also like this to be a constant email address that does not change every time I need to change ISP's. Privacy is also something of an issue and there seems to be some question on this issue with Gmail which I believe does allow the use of pop3.
I've recently started using FastMail - for various reasons, many of which are ease of use, friendliness towards free software and being based in Melbourne.
You can use their web UI, or grab mail via POP or IMAP.
The way I have things set up is that there's a cache of recent mail on their servers (so I can use web or phone apps) and I also sync everything to local disk, purging old mail from server. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list luv-main@luv.asn.au https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
On 19.12.2016 16:09, Ray via luv-main wrote:
Hi all,
I am looking for an email service provider which offers pop3 to download email to a local machine. Mcmedia no longer providing this since they were bought by Bendigo telco I would also like this to be a constant email address that does not change every time I need to change ISP's. Privacy is also something of an issue and there seems to be some question on this issue with Gmail which I believe does allow the use of pop3.
Lindsay
BTW best wishs's to all. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list luv-main@luv.asn.au https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
Many thanks for the replies, I will give Fastmail a crack, a couple of points. I do not actually like the internet much as a medium of communication, inspite of living in a remote location. It is handy though for digging up certain types of information. I find it quite easy to stump it on a quite a few subjects I am interested in (old machinery being one). I have absolutely no desire to have to setup and look after my own domain. I also do not find the minimal sum Fastmail charges as any real kind of burden, One defintely does know where one stands though. Thanks again, Lindsay
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