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FossaMail ( https://www.fossamail.org/ ) announced that they will be shutting down next month, and I must search for a replacement email program again. So far, my research for replacements found Claws Mail, and Slypheed, but are there any other stand alone email programs that are being updated? One other requirement is PGP support for encrypted messages.
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< nobse> bleh... last night I had a dream... someone NMU'ed vim...
nightmare
-- in #debian-devel
(Score: 1) by Deeo Kain on Sunday April 23 2017, @08:23PM (4 children)
If only could you get that thick Mozilla crapola out of your skull you'd understand configuring an email account is impossible with plain-vanilla Thunderbird. You need third-party addons, for Jeezus f**king sake!
As something technical is been discussed about Thunderbird's UI, let your useless and distracting "I'm not sure what exactly you need that custom From header for," innuendo out of the way as it has no role in determining what TB developers had in their minds other than beans when they decided you can only configure existent email addresses and that you must be online to add accounts.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday April 23 2017, @08:31PM
Do you suffer from Tourette syndome?
Where did I say anything that contradicts this? I wasn't talking about that question AT ALL!
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @05:14AM
Take a chill pill. Step away from the keyboard and go for walk, and read this thread again in an 2-3 hours. Bust that stress.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Monday April 24 2017, @10:27PM (1 child)
If only could you get that thick Mozilla crapola out of your skull you'd understand configuring an email account is impossible with plain-vanilla Thunderbird. You need third-party addons, for Jeezus f**king sake!
As something technical is been discussed about Thunderbird's UI, let your useless and distracting "I'm not sure what exactly you need that custom From header for," innuendo out of the way as it has no role in determining what TB developers had in their minds other than beans when they decided you can only configure existent email addresses and that you must be online to add accounts.
Your tone is combative. You ignorance is obvious. You're the poster boy for "'tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
I own a variety of domains which have wildcard email associated with them. For any email addresses that I know I'll need to send email from, I create an additional "identity" within my primary email account. This is what Maxwell Daemon [soylentnews.org] was talking about.
What's more, vanilla Thunderbird absolutely allows you to set a custom "From:" header:
1. Begin composing new email
2. Click on From: field
3. Select "Customize From: Address" at bottom of drop-down
4. Read (or don't) dialog about potential ISP restrictions on custom email addreses and click "Ok"
5. Enter custom email address.
6. ...
7. Profit!
TL;DR: You're talking out of your ass and it smells that way too.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @01:41PM
Also, about the "configure account while offline" part:
- Open the "Add new email account" dialog
- Fill in the data and click "Next"
- Stop the server guessing. The dialog appends new boxes to fill in the values for ingoing and outgoing servers, protocols and usernames. Fill them in as needed.
- Once everything is filled in, click "Advanced configuration" instead of "Done".
- Profit!
Not the most intuitive way to do it, but can be done.