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Thread: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

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    Re: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by Version Dependency View Post
    Enough with Google, Yahoo, and MSN....we need an UBUNTU MAIL! I want a username@ubuntu.com. Make it happen, Mark Shuttleworth!
    That already exists for Ubuntu members and Canonical employees.

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    Re: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by slooksterpsv View Post
    Haha I just did this about 10 months ago, this same thing. Well I found an email provider that uses an Open Source Ajax UI, and actually it fits my needs a lot better than Gmail.

    http://www.gmx.com

    I've had my GMail account since 2004, and it's getting to where I get like 100 emails a day, even though I've unsubscribed to 1/2 of them they still get sent.

    For some wiki info on GMX - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMX_Mail

    I like it.
    I've seen GMX before, but does it really use open-source backend? I haven't read anything about OSS in GMX anywhere. Wikipedia doesn't mention so either.

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    Re: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by Oxwivi View Post
    I've seen GMX before, but does it really use open-source backend? I haven't read anything about OSS in GMX anywhere. Wikipedia doesn't mention so either.
    I dunno about the backend, I just know the UI is OSS. The other posters are right the only way to do it is to setup your own server, or host through someone.
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    Re: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by slooksterpsv View Post
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    I've had my GMail account since 2004, and it's getting to where I get like 100 emails a day, even though I've unsubscribed to 1/2 of them they still get sent.
    ...
    That's the trouble with unsubscribe in emails it tells them you've opened & (at least) scanned the email to know to ubsubscribe & along with it confirmed your addy is monitored
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    Re: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

    Personally I have used Yahoo! mail for years and never had any issues with it. Spam is minimal and the service is good.

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    Re: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

    T'is not be about the quality of service.

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    Re: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by slooksterpsv View Post
    Haha I just did this about 10 months ago, this same thing. Well I found an email provider that uses an Open Source Ajax UI, and actually it fits my needs a lot better than Gmail.

    http://www.gmx.com

    I've had my GMail account since 2004, and it's getting to where I get like 100 emails a day, even though I've unsubscribed to 1/2 of them they still get sent.

    For some wiki info on GMX - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMX_Mail

    I like it.
    lol, eicar.test.antivirus: in the image for "security":
    The above post definitely does not contain any sarcasm at all.

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    Thumbs down Re: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Lips View Post
    http://lavabit.com has the best privacy policy I've seen among all providers
    of free webmail. They offer traditional webmail, in addition to pop3/imap.
    I tried signing up and it won't even let me.

    Your IP has been flagged for past abuses and has been blocked from registering new accounts with our service. If you are not a spammer or phisher and you haven't had an account locked by us in the past, you can try requesting an account via our contact page. Please be sure to tell us the account name and password you want.
    Just wanted to try out some mail addresses, LOL...

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    Re: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by Oxwivi View Post
    That already exists for Ubuntu members and Canonical employees.
    True, but it is just an alias, so you are still using gmail, yahoo, hotmail... whatever you use.

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    Re: Open Source Gmail/Hotmail alternative?

    While Opera Mail is still early in the beta stage, I'm hoping to replace Gmail with it once it becomes more reliable and fully functional. (Hardly any configuration is available at the moment)

    Link: http://my.opera.com/mailteam/blog/we...-my-opera-mail

    It has a very nice interface, and I like how a company that's been around for quite some time is offering such a service for free. I can definitely trust Opera more than others.
    (Did I say Opera is a Norwegian company? )

    Here are the screenshots:
    http://my.opera.com/Tamil/albums/sli...cture=99198732
    Last edited by areteichi; May 19th, 2011 at 08:41 AM. Reason: added a link to the screenshots

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