Today we're launching the first in a series of features on how to use common websites without using proprietary JavaScript. You may not be aware of the dangers of JavaScript -- a problem we've deemed The JavaScript Trap -- proprietary software running on your computer, inside your web browser. The focus of our first feature is Google's Gmail service.
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Sending emails via gmail smtp with python
This is a tutorial on how to send mails using Python smtplib through Gmail SMTP.
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Use Gmail To Send Emails From A Terminal (Shell)
We've seen how to check Gmail using the terminal (shell) in Linux and Mac but how about sending emails from a shell?
This is actually pretty easy, here's what you have to do:
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Check your Gmail's unread messages from terminal
Using the following command, you can check your unread messages in gmail, from terminal:
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Using Gmail with mutt, the minimal way (IMAP update)
As Gmail has IMAP access, it is fairly trivial to get it working with mutt. And who wants to leave the command line when they don't have to? Vim as an email composer? Sign me up.
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AGPLMail - A new horizon?
The AGPLMail is said to be a AGPL'd webmail application which competes with(hopefully) and somewhat mimic Gmail. So, it is, in a way, 'AGPLMail is not Gmail' sort of thing.
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Another Reason for Open-Source in Web Apps: Data Flow and Syncing
A recent Free Software Magazine article lays out the case for open-source and free software in web applications. I agree with the arguments, but I also want to add another one that I feel is important.
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Disabling the GMail spam filter and handling it yourself using SpamAssassin
I've been using GMail ever since they decided to allow users to download their mail using POP. I was happy reading my email as usual in mutt. The only problem was that I had to log onto the website once in a while to clear out my spam folder and fish out the false positives.
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Best Greasemonkey and Stylish scripts
Best Greasemonkey and Stylish scripts (both are Firefox extensions). How to modify the look of websites like gmail, google, google reader, last.fm, lyrics and other stuff to make youtube better and some other cool greasemonkey and stylish scripts.
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How to make Kontact work with Google Apps
Recently, Gmail added IMAP support, giving the powerhouse email host the ability to interact better with third-party clients. And Google, being the friendly neighborhood do-gooder that it is, provided instructions on how to use IMAP with a variety of third-party clients. However, it forgot one popular client: KMail, the email portion of the KDE Kontact personal information management suite. Google also neglected to mention that several of its other services, such as Google Calendar and Google Reader, can work well with Kontact. Here's how you can integrate them.
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Using Evolution with Gmail
Evolution is the official personal information manager and workgroup information management tool for GNOME. It combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functions. Its user interface and functionality are similar to Microsoft Outlook. It can be connected to a Microsoft Exchange Server using its web interface and an Evolution add-on.
Read more »Managing Multiple Gmail Accounts in FireFox
I have a bunch of single-use Gmail accounts for the usual things, like account registrations, site administration, newsletter subscriptions and the like. If you have this same situation, you know that (unless you possess unusual patience) it’s not easy to serially open up multiple Gmail accounts if you have saved the login information for an auto-login.
Read more »CheckGmail - a Gmail notifier for Linux
Linux users aren’t left out in the dark for Gmail checking programs as there are actually a couple of open source projects already that allow you to do just that. One of the most popular is CheckGmail, and it is the application I’m going to take a look at today.
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Configure GMail in Evolution, Thunderbird or KMail
Many of us would like to use our GMail accounts in Evolution, and to a lesser degree Thunderbird and KMail. Here is a step by step guide on how to configure Evolution, Thunderbird and KMail to access you GMail account.
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