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>When I tried out Posteo it was extremely annoying that it logged me out every few minutes I haven't encountered this with my personal email server nor heard o

>When I tried out Posteo it was extremely annoying that it logged me out every few minutes I haven't encountered this with my personal email server nor heard of it from anyone else. I think this might just be an issue with Posteo. It's easier if you don't try to move all at once. Spend some time looking at different email options and move that. Do calendar later. Get rid of Google Apps on your Android later still. Gradual change is much easier.

newscracker 8y ago
Posteo is very aggressive on privacy, reducing exposure, and keeping information safer. So a shorter webmail session timeout may be related to this. Depending on the use case, if this were the only issue with Posteo, the GP could’ve used Firefox with one of the many tab reload or tab refresh extensions to keep the logged in session alive.
- Tomte 8y ago
  Posteo doesn't allow custom domains (a no go) and lies about why they don't.
  - bennofs 8y ago
    What's the real reason they don't allow custom domains in your opinion? Why do you say they are lying?
    - Tomte 8y ago
      Their support replied with a mumbo-jumbo of techno-babble why it's not possible. Of course it's possible. The reason is clear: lock-in. People are reluctant to change providers if they lose their mail address.
      - bennofs 8y ago
        The FAQ (https://posteo.de/en/site/faq https://posteo.de/en/site/faq) says the do it because a domain has personay identifying information in WHOIS and they would need to store it. I think for .de domains, you are required to have your personal address in WHOIS if you are not a company.
        Tomte 8y ago
        That's a new claim, and it's also obvious bullshit. First, I may be okay with it. And why would Posteo store WHOIS data? Unless they want to be a domain reseller, which is not what I asked them about. Second, there are other TLDs. I still insist that they do it because of lock-in and that they lie about it.
        bennofs 8y ago
        They wouldn't store whois data of course, but the domain needs to be stored at it can then be used to look it up. I think mailbox.org supports custom domains and is similar in other respects.
        Tomte 8y ago
        That's a stupid excuse. They should stop storing the mails themselves, they are full of private information. /s
        pygy_ 8y ago
        AFAIK the GDPR explicitly mandates registrar to hide personal information.
        tehabe 8y ago
        Yes. Since May 25, the whois for .de is limited to technical information like DNS server or DNS key.

newscracker 8y ago

Posteo is very aggressive on privacy, reducing exposure, and keeping information safer. So a shorter webmail session timeout may be related to this. Depending on the use case, if this were the only issue with Posteo, the GP could’ve used Firefox with one of the many tab reload or tab refresh extensions to keep the logged in session alive.

Tomte 8y ago
Posteo doesn't allow custom domains (a no go) and lies about why they don't.
- bennofs 8y ago
  What's the real reason they don't allow custom domains in your opinion? Why do you say they are lying?
  - Tomte 8y ago
    Their support replied with a mumbo-jumbo of techno-babble why it's not possible. Of course it's possible. The reason is clear: lock-in. People are reluctant to change providers if they lose their mail address.
    - bennofs 8y ago
      The FAQ (https://posteo.de/en/site/faq https://posteo.de/en/site/faq) says the do it because a domain has personay identifying information in WHOIS and they would need to store it. I think for .de domains, you are required to have your personal address in WHOIS if you are not a company.
      - Tomte 8y ago
        That's a new claim, and it's also obvious bullshit. First, I may be okay with it. And why would Posteo store WHOIS data? Unless they want to be a domain reseller, which is not what I asked them about. Second, there are other TLDs. I still insist that they do it because of lock-in and that they lie about it.
        bennofs 8y ago
        They wouldn't store whois data of course, but the domain needs to be stored at it can then be used to look it up. I think mailbox.org supports custom domains and is similar in other respects.
        Tomte 8y ago
        That's a stupid excuse. They should stop storing the mails themselves, they are full of private information. /s
      - pygy_ 8y ago
        AFAIK the GDPR explicitly mandates registrar to hide personal information.
        tehabe 8y ago
        Yes. Since May 25, the whois for .de is limited to technical information like DNS server or DNS key.