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Best Email Program on ArcaOS
Craig Miller:
Hi everyone, I am running ArcaOS 5.1 on bare metal (IBM Thinkpad T43) and things are working well for the most part but I am really struggling to get any of my emails working.
For awhile now I have only used outlook on Thunderbird 45.8.0 in ArcaOS with no issues but for the last few months it wont accept my password. This password works on any other computer/cell phone I have and I have checked a dozen times in Thunderbird. I use Thunderbird on my Windows machine and it works there fine.
I also have email address in gmail and yahoo I would love to use in one program.
Does anyone have suggestions on an email program in AcraOS I can use? I have not used PMMail forever, maybe that would work? I don't know =/
Also, I tried using the web based apps for the emails (I really don't want to) but they all failed because they say Firefox is too old to use.
Anyways, I am open to try any email apps out there, let me know what works for you!
Roderick Klein:
Are you using the account with gmail ?
Roderick Klein
Dave Yeo:
Hi Craig,
Unluckily Thunderbird (and SeaMonkey which shares the code) is about the best we have for these sites.
The problem is that Oauth2 is broken on our ports, seems to work but fails as you found. The workaround I use for Gmail is to use an app password, https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en, IIRC you need to use your phone to verify things the first time you use it and then it keeps on working.
It seems that Outlook allows the same thing though I have no experience with it. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/how-to-get-and-use-app-passwords-5896ed9b-4263-e681-128a-a6f2979a7944.
The last time I looked at Yahoo, it used a more regular sign in process. If they have gone to Oauth2, you can probably search for using an app password there too.
Let us know if you get Outlook working on Thunderbird, really we should have a FAQ on this stuff.
Dave Yeo:
Also, I forgot about https://www.arcanoae.com/resolving-issues-with-gmail-and-oauth-2-0-requirements/
Feedback on extending this wiki for Outlook welcome.
ivan:
I have used PMMail since it became available and see no reason to change. I think a lot depends on what you want to do with e-mail, it is NOT a substitute for a web page although a lot of people have been conned into thinking it is judging by the amount of garbage I get from friends.
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