▲ 163 ▼ Microsoft says it won't let you use Mail & Calendar app on Windows 11 (www.windowslatest.com) submitted 2 years ago by dvdnet62@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.ml 56 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 years ago (1 child) I moved to Mozilla Thunderbird long ago https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/ permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Psythik@lemmy.world -28 points 2 years ago (3 children) People still use dedicated email clients? Why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) It works better for searching, it works offline, catch-all addresses just work with correct from address when replying, backup and archiving, can move mails from box to box without sending. I also use roundcube, but only to read mails. If I want to reply to a catch-all mail I have to create an alias which is super tedious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jasonlearst@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) catch-all addresses just work with correct from address when replying What do you mean by this? I’d like to be able to reply from a website@mydomain.com automatically. For me Thunderbird makes me create an alias in order to reply to my catch all (*@mydomain.com). Did you have to configure something specifically? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago This is built into Thunderbird for a while now. https://i.imgur.com/065RFJJ.png Go to Account Settings Enable Reply from this identity when delivery headers match Enter your domain prefixed by a wildcard (*), for example *@yourdomain.com Close/confirm all your changes Open an email that was sent to one of your catch-all addresses and click the reply button. The FROM field should be the catch-all address and not your general address. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I click on my "From" address and then select "Customize From Address...". I can then type anything I want up there. It's a little annoying when replying to an email chain with an alias, but not too many steps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago See my other reply, you can automate this with a setting so you don't have to edit it manually every time. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years ago I have email addresses under Outlook (old personal account), Gmail (study provided email), Exchange (work) and Proton (main personal account). I also actively use the calendar feature in my client, which is sync'd up to my Nextcloud instance. Just having it all under Thunderbird is so convenient and it feels more private. It's also an entirely consistent UI between accounts permalink fedilink source parent [–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 12 points 2 years ago Same reason anyone would use a dedicated provider-independent client instead of a proprietary web application locked into a single provider: less vendor lock-in, more local control, and so on. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Psythik@lemmy.world -28 points 2 years ago (3 children) People still use dedicated email clients? Why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) It works better for searching, it works offline, catch-all addresses just work with correct from address when replying, backup and archiving, can move mails from box to box without sending. I also use roundcube, but only to read mails. If I want to reply to a catch-all mail I have to create an alias which is super tedious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jasonlearst@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) catch-all addresses just work with correct from address when replying What do you mean by this? I’d like to be able to reply from a website@mydomain.com automatically. For me Thunderbird makes me create an alias in order to reply to my catch all (*@mydomain.com). Did you have to configure something specifically? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago This is built into Thunderbird for a while now. https://i.imgur.com/065RFJJ.png Go to Account Settings Enable Reply from this identity when delivery headers match Enter your domain prefixed by a wildcard (*), for example *@yourdomain.com Close/confirm all your changes Open an email that was sent to one of your catch-all addresses and click the reply button. The FROM field should be the catch-all address and not your general address. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I click on my "From" address and then select "Customize From Address...". I can then type anything I want up there. It's a little annoying when replying to an email chain with an alias, but not too many steps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago See my other reply, you can automate this with a setting so you don't have to edit it manually every time. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years ago I have email addresses under Outlook (old personal account), Gmail (study provided email), Exchange (work) and Proton (main personal account). I also actively use the calendar feature in my client, which is sync'd up to my Nextcloud instance. Just having it all under Thunderbird is so convenient and it feels more private. It's also an entirely consistent UI between accounts permalink fedilink source parent [–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 12 points 2 years ago Same reason anyone would use a dedicated provider-independent client instead of a proprietary web application locked into a single provider: less vendor lock-in, more local control, and so on. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) It works better for searching, it works offline, catch-all addresses just work with correct from address when replying, backup and archiving, can move mails from box to box without sending. I also use roundcube, but only to read mails. If I want to reply to a catch-all mail I have to create an alias which is super tedious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jasonlearst@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) catch-all addresses just work with correct from address when replying What do you mean by this? I’d like to be able to reply from a website@mydomain.com automatically. For me Thunderbird makes me create an alias in order to reply to my catch all (*@mydomain.com). Did you have to configure something specifically? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago This is built into Thunderbird for a while now. https://i.imgur.com/065RFJJ.png Go to Account Settings Enable Reply from this identity when delivery headers match Enter your domain prefixed by a wildcard (*), for example *@yourdomain.com Close/confirm all your changes Open an email that was sent to one of your catch-all addresses and click the reply button. The FROM field should be the catch-all address and not your general address. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I click on my "From" address and then select "Customize From Address...". I can then type anything I want up there. It's a little annoying when replying to an email chain with an alias, but not too many steps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago See my other reply, you can automate this with a setting so you don't have to edit it manually every time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jasonlearst@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) catch-all addresses just work with correct from address when replying What do you mean by this? I’d like to be able to reply from a website@mydomain.com automatically. For me Thunderbird makes me create an alias in order to reply to my catch all (*@mydomain.com). Did you have to configure something specifically? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago This is built into Thunderbird for a while now. https://i.imgur.com/065RFJJ.png Go to Account Settings Enable Reply from this identity when delivery headers match Enter your domain prefixed by a wildcard (*), for example *@yourdomain.com Close/confirm all your changes Open an email that was sent to one of your catch-all addresses and click the reply button. The FROM field should be the catch-all address and not your general address. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I click on my "From" address and then select "Customize From Address...". I can then type anything I want up there. It's a little annoying when replying to an email chain with an alias, but not too many steps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago See my other reply, you can automate this with a setting so you don't have to edit it manually every time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago This is built into Thunderbird for a while now. https://i.imgur.com/065RFJJ.png Go to Account Settings Enable Reply from this identity when delivery headers match Enter your domain prefixed by a wildcard (*), for example *@yourdomain.com Close/confirm all your changes Open an email that was sent to one of your catch-all addresses and click the reply button. The FROM field should be the catch-all address and not your general address. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I click on my "From" address and then select "Customize From Address...". I can then type anything I want up there. It's a little annoying when replying to an email chain with an alias, but not too many steps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago See my other reply, you can automate this with a setting so you don't have to edit it manually every time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago See my other reply, you can automate this with a setting so you don't have to edit it manually every time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years ago I have email addresses under Outlook (old personal account), Gmail (study provided email), Exchange (work) and Proton (main personal account). I also actively use the calendar feature in my client, which is sync'd up to my Nextcloud instance. Just having it all under Thunderbird is so convenient and it feels more private. It's also an entirely consistent UI between accounts permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 12 points 2 years ago Same reason anyone would use a dedicated provider-independent client instead of a proprietary web application locked into a single provider: less vendor lock-in, more local control, and so on. permalink fedilink source parent