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Forum: The Technical Zone... 17 Mar 2024, 09:07 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 390
Posted By Folio
Thunderbird supports OAuth2. Both Gmail and...

Thunderbird supports OAuth2. Both Gmail and Fastmail use that when you connect to your account using Thunderbird. Presumably that authentication is just as secure as logging into the web...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 16 Mar 2024, 09:03 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 510
Posted By Folio
Wow. The "why" is a mystery to me (and, yes,...

Wow. The "why" is a mystery to me (and, yes, senders should use the A record in the absence of an MX record). Just out of curiosity I looked up their SPF record.

safe-mail.net. 900 IN TXT "v=spf1 a...
Forum: FastMail Forum 10 Dec 2023, 03:38 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,180
Posted By Folio
“Fastmail, which traces its roots to POBox.com...

“Fastmail, which traces its roots to POBox.com (Pobox), an email service started in a West Philadelphia dorm room in 1995.”

That way of characterizing the history suprised me a bit.

An archived...
Forum: FastMail Forum 9 Sep 2023, 08:24 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 716
Posted By Folio
Thanks for that excellent write-up Mr David. I...

Thanks for that excellent write-up Mr David. I think my problems were cookie related. I typically disable cookies in Thunderbird, but it looks like they need to be set during the initial OAuth2...
Forum: FastMail Forum 9 Sep 2023, 08:54 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 716
Posted By Folio
Thunderbird 115

With Thunderbird 115, Fastmail now authenticates using OAuth2 instead of an app password. According to the Fastmail help article:

"...you will see a pop-up window where you'll be prompted to enter...
Forum: Early Warning... 15 Jun 2023, 01:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,599
Posted By Folio
Reviving an old thread. I’m in the U.S. and just...

Reviving an old thread. I’m in the U.S. and just received an email similar to Fenman’s. In addition to removing the email accounts that had previously been included in Gandi’s registration fees,...
Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge 13 May 2023, 12:02 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,905
Posted By Folio
I’m going to jump outside the poll to say that...

I’m going to jump outside the poll to say that the WORST remake ever was the 1998 remake of Psycho (1960). The BEST remake ever was the 1941 remake of The Maltese Falcon (1931). I feel compelled,...
Forum: Google Gmail Forum 4 May 2023, 10:51 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 725
Posted By Folio
Yes, my phone is registered as both a 2FA device...

Yes, my phone is registered as both a 2FA device and as a passkey. I have two hardware keys that serve as 2FA devices and a different hardware key that serves as a passkey.

See screenshot of phone...
Forum: Google Gmail Forum 4 May 2023, 10:18 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 725
Posted By Folio
Google automatically added my phone as a passkey,...

Google automatically added my phone as a passkey, and I added a FIDO2 hardware key as a second passkey. I am curious to find out if this really will reduce the number of occasions when I will need to...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 14 Mar 2023, 10:49 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,253
Posted By Folio
Anyone can register a .de domain, BUT if you...

Anyone can register a .de domain, BUT if you don't live in Germany you may want to keep in mind § 3 (4) of DENIC's terms:



See:...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 11 Mar 2023, 11:35 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 813
Posted By Folio
Very interesting statistics in that article....

Very interesting statistics in that article. Before reading it, I did not know that if a domain has an A record, mail servers will attempt to deliver to the server in the A record if they do not find...
Forum: Early Warning... 9 Mar 2023, 10:32 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,599
Posted By Folio
I wonder if it's related to Gandi's recent...

I wonder if it's related to Gandi's recent "merge" with Total Web Solutions (https://domainnamewire.com/2023/03/02/total-web-solutions-acquires-domain-registrar-gandi-forming-new-entity/). According...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 19 Jan 2023, 11:05 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 801
Posted By Folio
Pwned or Bot

"We're all so comprehensively pwned that if an email address isn't pwned, there's a good chance it doesn't belong to a real human."

https://www.troyhunt.com/pwned-or-bot/
Forum: FastMail Forum 2 Oct 2022, 04:42 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,113
Posted By Folio
Is your account a new Fastmail account? Both in...

Is your account a new Fastmail account? Both in this forum and at Reddit, Fastmail users have reported new accounts being subjected to delays on outgoing messages. They received similar replies from...
Forum: FastMail Forum 1 Oct 2022, 08:06 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,042
Posted By Folio
Thanks for the Auto-Type tip. In my years of...

Thanks for the Auto-Type tip. In my years of using KeePassXC I somehow missed that feature and am experimenting with it now. I would greatly prefer *not* using a browser extension if I can accomplish...
Forum: FastMail Forum 29 Sep 2022, 10:21 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,042
Posted By Folio
I use KeePassXC's browser integration to fill...

I use KeePassXC's browser integration to fill some of my passwords, and the browser extension wouldn't let me enter my Fastmail credentials because it didn't recognize the URL. It took me a moment to...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 15 Sep 2022, 05:47 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,219
Posted By Folio
You may be right about what motivates "most"...

You may be right about what motivates "most" self-hosters, although I don't really know. When I self-hosted it was mostly to have more control. If a message didn't arrive that I was expecting, I...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 13 Sep 2022, 03:06 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,219
Posted By Folio
I just saw that Rob N of Fastmail commented on...

I just saw that Rob N of Fastmail commented on the article:

https://lobste.rs/s/icdrmv/after_self_hosting_my_email_for_twenty#c_erae4n
Forum: Google Gmail Forum 25 Aug 2022, 05:09 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 32,777
Posted By Folio
Yes. Back in April I accepted an upgrade to...

Yes. Back in April I accepted an upgrade to Google Workspace offer (free through Oct 2022, then half price through Oct 2023). When Google announced the no-cost option for personal use I submitted a...
Forum: FastMail Forum 7 Jul 2022, 12:26 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,063
Posted By Folio
Not that I'm aware of, but your experience makes...

Not that I'm aware of, but your experience makes me wonder. One of mine is a Feitian FIDO U2F and the other is a Yubikey FIDO U2F. Both were purchased in 2017. I was using Chrome when I re-registered...
Forum: FastMail Forum 6 Jul 2022, 10:48 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,063
Posted By Folio
I have a couple of old FIDO keys associated with...

I have a couple of old FIDO keys associated with my Fastmail account. I just needed to re-authorize them in the Password & Security section of the settings. No need to buy new keys.
Forum: Runbox Forum 4 Jun 2022, 02:07 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,049
Posted By Folio
I just successfully sent a message via...

I just successfully sent a message via mail.runbox.com (port 465) using Thunderbird. How long have you been having this issue?
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 20 May 2022, 07:34 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,215
Posted By Folio
Yeah, I have it installed and Google Play Protect...

Yeah, I have it installed and Google Play Protect is not flagging it.




Is there an Android client that you do like that you would recommend? If FairEmail becomes unavailable, I'll be looking...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 20 May 2022, 01:25 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,215
Posted By Folio
FairEmail Android Client

It looks like the Android email client FairEmail will no longer be developed. See the announcement on the FairEmail web site:

https://email.faircode.eu/

and the related Hacker News...
Forum: The Technical Zone... 28 Apr 2022, 06:50 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 5,738
Posted By Folio
Nolisting

I had never heard of nolisting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolisting) before. Has anyone here actually tried this strategy?
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