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On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:55 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:21 AM, C Bergström <cbergstrom@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:44 AM, C Bergström <cbergstrom@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> What I'm describing is not "gmail" - it's everything that gmail has |
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>>>> and offers, but @gentoo.org domain. I'm using it right now in fact. |
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>>>> You get the web interface, IMAP, POP, 2 token authentication (if you |
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>>>> want to enabled it) and lots of other things. etc etc |
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>>> How about the source code? |
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>> Do you have the source for github? |
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> That would be why I point out that we have debates over its use. |
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> Right now we're accepting it mainly because it is an alternative. I |
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> suspect there would be more concern if it were proposed that we move |
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> to it exclusively. |
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>> There are "free" alternatives and this is the exact same thing as |
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>> github. IMAP and POP are comparable to git as google hosted apps is |
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>> comparable to github. |
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> I think that is actually your best line of argument. They're just a |
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> black box that accepts SMTP and makes available POP, and that is all |
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> Gentoo uses. They just happen to offer an MUA on the side, which g.o |
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> devs/staff can use at their discretion. |
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> I'm not convinced it is the way to go, all the same. |
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>> There's a line between being passionate and |
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>> ignoring a sensible good alternative. I can't say where to draw that |
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>> line, but imho I hope pragmatic people will take a look instead of |
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>> just dismissing it. |
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> I have nothing against Gmail and I'm composing this email using it. |
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> Even so, unless we were simply unable to host our own mail, I'm not |
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> sure I'd advocate moving g.o over to Google apps. |
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> That doesn't mean I'm not willing to be pragmatic. I just think that |
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> making a change like this really should be done only out of necessity. |
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> There are other Gentoo services that I'd sooner see go than email. |
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>> Oh and btw - the whole problem comes because people are forwarding to |
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>> gmail. Is that open source? It's clear a large number of people |
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>> already use and depend on the exact same service I'm suggesting. How |
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>> on earth could those same people object... (I don't see the open |
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>> source communit up in arms over yahoo mail and gmail..) |
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> I can use Gmail personally and still object to forcing everybody else |
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> to use it. I don't see that as hypocrisy at all. |
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>> Do you own a phone that connects to this email? Android, iOS.. etc |
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>> aren't "open source", but somehow we survive.. |
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> Android is more or less open-source. There are some blobs in it, but |
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> not all that much more than you'd find on a typical PC running Gentoo. |
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> But again, Gentoo doesn't provide cell phones or require that anybody |
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> own one. If somebody wants to read dev.g.o on their iPhone, I don't |
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> have a problem with that. If we were to force anybody who wanted to |
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> subscribe to dev.g.o to own an iPhone I would have a problem with |
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> that. |
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Android is much less open than people think or want to believe. |
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Entirely besides that point - I hope this could be proposed and at |
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least looked at as an option. I have ran a postfix setup with |
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graylisting and spam filtering. It's quite a bit of maintenance to |
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ensure it's done in a high quality manner. The time/cost/energy in |
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that vs something which "just works" is hard to pass up. I realize |
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philosophies and religions differ - I respect your view and hope a |
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good solution is found in the end. If not now - I suspect at some |
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point gentoo will relinquish their email to a service provider.. |