[Alpine-info] Gmail Access

[Steve Litt via Alpine-info]

Karen Lewellen said on Sun, 26 May 2024 21:39:12 -0400 (EDT)


>Steve,

>I am going to slot into your idea the situation Marc raised from the 

>start.

>If you were using adaptive technology, either due to blindness, or 

>paraplegia, or   any comparative situation, how would you effortlessly

>and independently host your own email?


I wouldn't. I'd let either my domain registrar or my web host host my
email. I've never set up an SMTP server in my life.


>Will leave my question there.

>After all, some on this list  suddenly found themselves at risk of

>losing years worth of information when google took the basic html

>choice away. So, putting yourself in the place of Marc's  friend here,

>how would you just move your stuff inclusively?


Oh, you mean how can you get your gmail mail in order to get it
somewhere else? You'd have to pay a sighted gmail expert to get it off
for you. But the only reason for this situation is the reliance on
gmail in the first place, when it's been obvious since yahoo first did
that dmarc/dcom thing that yahoo, hotmail, google and all the other
supposedly free mega mail companies were going to make things difficult.

Also, why haven't those emails been stored locally and backed up?

The best time to have fixed this problem was 5 years ago. The second
best time is right now.

Can a blind person use Claws-Mail or Mutt, or Alpine mail? Because
if they can, then the emails can be stored on a local Dovecot IMAP
server and viewed through Claws-Mail, etc. If there's not too much mail
in the archive, this can also be done with Thunderbird. Can a blind
person can use that?

SteveT

Steve Litt 

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