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Can’t you literally just use a POP client with any free email provider and get your free first class email, with no ads?
by endisneigh 5y ago
Can’t you literally just use a POP client with any free email provider and get your free first class email, with no ads?
- leodriesch 5y agoYes, for example GMail with Thunderbird or iCloud with the native mail app, probably some people just don’t know that they can connect their Outlook mail to another mail client.
- passivate 5y agoI think Google requires that you perform a web login every now and then to keep the account active. IIRC They don't count POP/IMAP auths as logins.
- gbear605 5y agoUnfortunately Google is increasingly making it harder to use gmail with a native mail client. They don’t use normal means of authentication so your client has to have built-in Google support. They’re introducing new types of emails that can only be opened from a web browser or Google’s proprietary email client. I won’t be surprised if I wake up one morning to see that gmail simply doesn’t work with normal mail clients anymore.
- Tijdreiziger 5y agoI think Microsoft does it with MS365 too. Admins can turn on SMTP/IMAP if they want, but MS makes sure to warn you that it’s less secure.
- namdnay 5y agoif everyone did that they'd have to start injecting ads into your email feed
- blackearl 5y agoOf course but Nana gets mail through the mail slot and keeps pop in the fridge. I'm assuming most people have no idea about the "advanced" options when it comes to email. Most non-tech people use a browser based gmail/yahoo/etc. account or (ugh) their ISP email