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A good e-mail client for linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] janbaumy@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That‘s not how it works. The mails are not stored on BetterBird servers (there are none). Your mails are stored on your E-Mail providers server (like Gmail) and downloaded to your local client via IMAP or POP3.

The developer of BetterBird does not have access to any of that.

A good e-mail client for linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] janbaumy@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I second this! It seems to have more features than Thunderbird while being just a fifth of the file size.

I can‘t confirm this, but I have read elsewhere that Thunderbird is a bit bloated.

It has been a few weeks since we started this, which European email provider have you switched to? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] janbaumy@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I used to be on Outlook. Two weeks ago I made accounts on Proton and Tuta, but didn‘t like the missing IMAP and SMTP on the free plans.

I then also made an account on web.de, but they don‘t support the plus notation for dynamic addresses (myname+service@email.com). So in the end I payed the 12€ for a year of mailbox.org and have been extremely happy with it!

Chief of Dutch Central Bank: US influence on payment systems is concerning, working on alternatives for Visa and Mastercard. in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] janbaumy@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As far as I know, Giropay is being replaced by Wero, which is already supported by some banks in different European countries.

It is so far one if the better PayPal/Visa/MasterCard alternatives I‘ve used, but adoption is still a problem.

New Open-Source Alternative to Google Docs and Notion Is Backed by France and Germany in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] janbaumy@lemm.ee 26 points 2 weeks ago

This is a real step in the right direction! I would love to see a technologically independent Europe as soon as possible. Collaborative document editing might not sound that exciting in itself, but it‘s a really important building block for future projects.

What's something that's seen as Obsolete, but isn't? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] janbaumy@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

100% „der Projektor“. Bildwerfer makes sense as well, but I have never heard anyone use that word before.

It actually reminds me of the German version of me_irl (ich_iel) where they try to use German words exclusively even if it sounds completely silly.

What's something that's seen as Obsolete, but isn't? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] janbaumy@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Fax machines and overhead projectors, if you live in Germany. Basically every office here still has a (frequently used) Fax machine and all schools still use overhead projectors.

It was actually quite a shock to me when my University retired their projectors in 2023. They sent an email to each and every student as a warning. Life‘s crazy here.