Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Yonnie3

(18,364 posts)
14. No! No!
Tue Dec 8, 2020, 09:53 PM
Dec 2020

But I wanna use my 1990 software! That's more than many years isn't it?

I understand the IMAP replication of the email on multiple devices. It would have been great 20 years ago when I was working for a multinational corporation and traveling internationally. We used Lotus IFIRC, ugh!

I don't want to do email from many devices. I receive it and look through it at home and delete much of it. I then remove it all from the server. I back it up to floppy xxx external hard drive xxx usb thumb drive. In 30+ years of doing this I only accessed my backups thrice and mainly to restore my address book.

Thanks, you have been helpful

I guess you know USENET - As an admin for multiple (some moderated) accounts I still recall eternal September like it was yesterday. MIRT was easy in comparison.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

I don't know what you consider a modest fee... ret5hd Dec 2020 #1
Yes, that is an option I'm considering Yonnie3 Dec 2020 #3
I use Vivaldi as my browser and they have email as well. cayugafalls Dec 2020 #2
That's interesting Yonnie3 Dec 2020 #4
I have been happy with Vivaldi as a free service. cayugafalls Dec 2020 #5
Combine Vivaldi with a VPN service and you have fairly reasonable security. cayugafalls Dec 2020 #6
Outlook? Yahoo? iCloud? Security? CloudWatcher Dec 2020 #7
Thank you Yonnie3 Dec 2020 #8
pair.com is good, have used them for years for domain/website host and email. currently using msongs Dec 2020 #9
Thanks, I'll take a look at them n/t Yonnie3 Dec 2020 #12
IMAP vs. SMTP CloudWatcher Dec 2020 #10
I stand corrected, I was indeed confused. Yonnie3 Dec 2020 #11
POP vs. IMAP CloudWatcher Dec 2020 #13
No! No! Yonnie3 Dec 2020 #14
Usenet :) CloudWatcher Dec 2020 #15
Vax! Yonnie3 Dec 2020 #16
Latest Discussions»Help & Search»Computer Help and Support»Recommendations for an em...»Reply #14