thunderbird

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ext tie *maybe* do you own homework, im sure it's written in a guide, on 
how to be decent.  Sometimes we all make mistakes tho. anyhow, best 
wishes, farewell.

sorry i was rude, have a nice day.

On 15/03/2017 1:14 PM, Darcy Casselman wrote:
> GMail was a freaking miracle when it appeared in 2004. There'd never 
> been anything like it on the web before that. Thunderbird, and 
> programs like it, are a bit older. For most people, they might be 
> obsolete.
>
> I still use Thunderbird, particularly for work. I did use it with 
> GMail for years, just because I liked having a local copy of my email. 
> I don't do this anymore.
>
> There's something to be said for not giving all my personal 
> correspondence to a company like Google (tho I do anyway). But if you 
> don't mind that and GMail's working for you, then there probably isn't 
> a good reason to use Thunderbird.
>
> Darcy.
>
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:raymondh40 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Stephen, let me get this straight, if the messages go though gmail
>     anyway why is this different than using gmail? I looked up Wiki
>     and the explanation there is what you tell me using MTA,s and MDA,s.
>
>     On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Stephen M. Webb
>     <stephen.webb at canonical.com <mailto:stephen.webb at canonical.com>>
>     wrote:
>
>         On 2017-03-15 12:39 PM, Raymond House wrote:
>         > Hi Bob, thanks for the explanation, I have read this before
>         and I like the idea but How do I go about setting this up?
>         > If I send an email using Thunderbird does it not go through
>         gmail anyway?This is the part I don't understand.
>
>         If you're using Google as your email provider, yes, it will go
>         through Google.
>
>         When you send mail, it goes through a mail transfer agent
>         (MTA), usually using SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol). A
>         network of MTas talk to each other over the internet to send
>         and receive mail just like the post office does.
>         Eventually your email wil end up on another machine somewhere
>         designated as the mail deliver agent (MDA), where it waits
>         for you to retrieve it and read it.  MDAs usually provide
>         either POP3 (post office protocol version 3) or IMAP (internet
>         mail access protocol) to let you pick up your messages.
>         Your mail user agent (MUA) is what lets you read your email,
>         and that could be Thunderbird or an online webmail service
>         you use through a browser.
>
>         When you're using a gmail address, Google is providing three
>         services for you.
>
>         (1) an identity (your gmail address), used to authentication
>         and authorization
>
>         (2) an MTA used to send email
>
>         (3) an MDA, used to receive email
>
>         optionally, they provide a webmail MUA so you can read email.
>
>         If you want to set up Thunderbird [1] as your MUA instead, you
>         need to configure your account to use your gmail
>         identity, use the google SMTP server as your MTA, and use the
>         google POP3 or (preferably) IMAP server as your MDA.
>         Then, your mail starts appearing in the message pane and you
>         can reply.
>
>         [1]
>         https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Set-up-email/Thunderbird-and-Gmail/ta-p/14181
>         <https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Set-up-email/Thunderbird-and-Gmail/ta-p/14181>
>
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>         <mailto:stephen.webb at canonical.com>>
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