[Aboriginal] Getting around gmail "features". Was: missing applets in current 1.20 system images

[Rob Landley]

On 10/26/2012 12:14:20 AM, David Seikel wrote:
> Back in the day when gmail was beta and invite only, I (and others)
> complained long and loud that this was a bug, but google insists that
> it's a feature.  Using read and write accounts is STILL the only way
> around that.  An option to turn that off would make everyone happy.  
> I
> guess that's just too hard for google to implement.
> 
> Seriously considering just running my own private email server.

I used to run an email server, but it was too much like work.

I'm halfway to writing my own email _client_ and don't have time to do 
that. (It's a failure mode I try to avoid. I do NOT have time.)

Rob
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