Second part of my blog series on NeoMutt for CLI based email is out. All about how to configure #imap and #smtp for #neomutt :
https://www.futurile.net/2025/05/18/neomutt-email-native-imap-tutorial/
Also if you're into #gmail or using a specialist email provider like @runbox then it's covered.
Sending email using native #smtp or using msmtp
@timixretroplays yikes...
Tho granted all #Freemailers are shit and some like https://web.de & https://gmx.de do force people to login on their website so their accounts don't get wiped.
Personally I use #aliases & forwarder for inbound eMails.
I just re-remembered that if I'd composed a bit of writing on my email client on one machine, I'd have been able to continue on another with no fuss and bother. it would "just be there."
We had a lot of The Cloud we needed with #IMAP back in 1986.
Messenger: Delta Chat
Obwohl es mehr als genug Messenger gibt, überzeugt Delta Chat durch Benutzerfreundlichkeit und erprobte Technik.
Anybody ever had problems with an #iphone and #IMAP on a #selfhosted #email server? Feel free to boost for fun.
I was just helping my wife and her mail app (iPhone 13, iOS 18.3.2) would just spin saying “connecting”. I’m standing next to her, with my iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 18.3.2 and I’m on the same WiFi checking email on the same server just fine.
I tried a bunch of things. Rebooting, using cellular data instead of WiFi, closing the mail app and opening it again. Nothing fixed it. The root cause seems to have been low power mode. Her battery was low; so the phone was in low power mode. I plugged it in, took it out of low power mode, and poof! Mail connects just fine.
This is reproducible. If I go to low power mode and pull down on the screen to try to fetch, no imap. It just spins saying “connecting.” Come out of low power mode, imap is fine and fast. One thing we both do that is not the default is fetch email. The default is to push, and the phone polls quite often. I figure that’s a waste of battery, so we have ours set to fetch every 30 minutes. I’m a bit of a nut, so there are probably LOTS of other things that are not the default.
Anybody have any ideas?
I’m sure all of us have used low power mode before, and I’m fairly sure I’ve checked email under low power mode. I’ve never seen this before. #selfhosting
@delta @feld @adbenitez
I've been trying #deltachat with #chatmail and normal #imap server the last few days (since my last messages). One thing I miss is a device management feature. For example, in case a device gets lost, I would like to be able to remove access. Afaik this is still not supported, correct? In that case, what would be the best way to discuss this as a feature proposal?
I've been working on a document
Własny serwer Red Hat – cz.6: serwer poczty IMAP. W piątej części z cyklu Własny Serwer Red Hat zainstalowaliśmy i skonfigurowaliśmy serwer poczty SMTP w systemie kompatybilnym z Red Hat – Rocky Linux. Można go również zastosować w innych, kompatybilnych systemach, takich jak: CloudLinux, AlmaLinux, EuroLinux, CentOS Stream, MIRACLE Linux, etc. https://linuxiarze.pl/wlasny-serwer-red-hat-cz-6-serwer-poczty-imap/ #redhat #server #linux #email #imap
With Mozilla launching Thundermail as a mail provider and knowing the intend to use Stalwart as server implementation, I really hope we start seeing more wide adoption of JMAP. SMTP, IMAP, CalDAV and CardDAV ara really showing its age and limitations.
Sources:
Mozilla: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning/T437cd854afcb1395
JMAP: https://jmap.io/
@ndw I've been a happy customer of #Fastmail (they're on Mastodon, too: @fastmail) since January 2018, and can comfortably recommend them if you're looking for a solid email host.
They're based in #Australia, and have full support for #IMAP, #CalDAV, #CardDAV, as-well as #JMAP if your tool(s) supports that. I like that they only do email and do it well. No ever-expanding product suite of tools I don't really need, nor any confusion on who the customer is. Nice and straight-forward :).
Beobachtung: Erhalte ich eine #Email von Kolleg:innen (also Einrichtungs-intern), begegnen mir zunehmend inline-@mentions. Da ich kein #Outlook nutze, kann ich damit nichts anfangen.
Warum nutzen wir E-mail nicht einfach per #IMAP?
Ich wittere hier harte #ExtendEmbraceExtinguish Vibes, ganz ähnlich wie bei #GoogleMail.
Und wenn wir schon dabei sind: HÖRT AUF EURE LOGOS ALS BILDER IN EURE SIGNATUR ZU PACKEN!!einsELF. Die Filter nach "mit Anhang" werden dann total unbrauchbar.
I moved to the FastMail mobile app instead of the Apple Mail client. Turns out IMAP Idle (Mail push) was a big battery killer.
#fastmail #applemail #imap #iphone
A tale from the shithole of #Microsoft #Outlook. 1/2
For reasons outside my control I had to setup an #IMAP account with #Microsoft #Exchange Online with #2FA #OAuth2. After some ado, it worked on 2 Linux computers with Mozilla #Thunderbird.
#Privacy is bad because you have to enable cookies for all parts of the Thunderbird profile, but it works.
On the 3rd computer, the 2FA failed. Error 50058, a Microsoft-window with the email address flashing along but no way to enter anything. 1/2
TIL: JMAP, to replace IMAP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Meta_Application_Protocol
"The JSON Meta Application Protocol (JMAP) is a set of related open Internet Standard protocols for handling email.
[...] using JSON APIs over HTTP
[...] developed as an alternative to IMAP/SMTP
[...] potential replacements for CardDAV and CalDAV"
Moderne Mailclients: unerwartet interessant | c’t uplink
In dieser Folge des c’t uplink gehts um die Frage, was sich bei Mailclients für Desktop und Mobil eigentlich (noch) so tut.
Receiving mails in Java with IMAP or POP3
https://jensknipper.de/blog/receiving-emails-in-java/?utm_medium=erik.in&utm_source=mastodon
Over 3 Million Mail Servers without Encryption exposed to Sniffing Attacks.
As scans from the IT-security threat monitoring platform Shadowserver show, 3.3 million hosts are running POP3/IMAP services without TLS encryption enabled and expose usernames & passwords in plain text when transmitted over the Internet.
https://www.shadowserver.org/what-we-do/network-reporting/vulnerable-pop3-report/
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The map shows IMAP and POP3 mail servers without TLS.
Over three million POP3 and IMAP mail servers without TLS encryption are currently exposed on the Internet and vulnerable to network sniffing attacks. Almost 900,000 are based in the U.S., another 560,000 and 380,000 in Germany and Poland, the organization found and adding: “We see around 3.3M such cases with POP3 & a similar amount with IMAP (most overlap). It's time to retire those!” You can check out vulnerability reports for both POP3 email servers and IMAP email hosts on the Shadowserver Foundation site.
IMAP and POP3 are two methods for accessing email on mail servers. IMAP is recommended for checking emails from multiple devices, such as phones and laptops because it keeps your messages on the server and synchronizes them between devices. POP3, on the other hand, downloads emails from the server, making them accessible only from the device where they were downloaded.
The TLS secure communication protocol helps secure users information while exchanging and accessing their emails over the Internet through client/server applications. However, when TLS encryption is not enabled, their messages contents and credentials are sent in clear text, exposing them to eavesdropping network sniffing attacks.
ShadowServer advised all email users to check with their email service provider to be sure that TLS is enabled and the latest version of the protocol is being used.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/113/798/767/972/144/175/original/202a6becf5e9e0e3.png "[ImageSource: ShadowServer]
The map shows IMAP and POP3 mail servers without TLS.
Over three million POP3 and IMAP mail servers without TLS encryption are currently exposed on the Internet and vulnerable to network sniffing attacks. Almost 900,000 are based in the U.S., another 560,000 and 380,000 in Germany and Poland, the organization found and adding: “We see around 3.3M such cases with POP3 & a similar amount with IMAP (most overlap). It's time to retire those!” You can check out vulnerability reports for both POP3 email servers and IMAP email hosts on the Shadowserver Foundation site.
IMAP and POP3 are two methods for accessing email on mail servers. IMAP is recommended for checking emails from multiple devices, such as phones and laptops because it keeps your messages on the server and synchronizes them between devices. POP3, on the other hand, downloads emails from the server, making them accessible only from the device where they were downloaded.
The TLS secure communication protocol helps secure users information while exchanging and accessing their emails over the Internet through client/server applications. However, when TLS encryption is not enabled, their messages contents and credentials are sent in clear text, exposing them to eavesdropping network sniffing attacks.
ShadowServer advised all email users to check with their email service provider to be sure that TLS is enabled and the latest version of the protocol is being used.")
iOS and iPadOS 18.2: New reports of problems with Apple Mail
After installing iOS 18.2, some users have difficulties reliably retrieving emails with Apple Mail. This could be partly due to a new function.
