| 12 | | * unlike most email providers, May First takes a strong stance against censorship. If you forward your email, we will forward ''all'' the email to the destination address. Other email providers, who have spam policies that will block all messages from servers that they think are spammers, detect that we are sending spam and will block us from delivering your email. In other words, they will refuse to delivery ''any'' email, including legitimate email, because some of the email being sent is spam. |
| 13 | | * in an effort to stop fake email messages, many providers advertise to the world which servers should be allowed to send email that claims to be from their domain name. For example, if an email claims to be from an @yahoo.co or @gmail.com address, then it ''must'' be sent from a Yahoo or Gmail server. However, if someone sends a message from a @yahoo.com or @gmail.com address to your May First account, and then ''our'' server forwards it to another provider, that provider will detect that it was ''not'' sent by Yahoo and Gmail. And, it will not get delivered. |
| | 14 | * **Authentication problems**: In an effort to stop fake email messages, many providers advertise to the world which servers should be allowed to send email that claims to be from their domain name. For example, if an email claims to be from an `@yahoo.com` or `@gmail.com` address, then it ''must'' be sent from a Yahoo or Gmail server. However, if someone sends a message from a `@yahoo.com` or `@gmail.com` address to your May First account, and then ''our'' server forwards it to another provider, that provider will detect that it was ''not'' sent by Yahoo and Gmail. And, it will not get delivered. |
| | 15 | * **May First gets tagged as a spammer**: If you forward your email, we will forward ''all'' the email to the destination address. Other email providers, who have spam policies that will block all messages from servers that they think are spammers, detect that we are sending spam and will block us from delivering your email. In other words, they will refuse to delivery ''any'' email, including legitimate email, because some of the email being sent is spam. |
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| | 17 | == The Solution == |
| 23 | | Before ending this FAQ, since `gmail.com` was named above, the question remains: why use Google at all? Why support their corporate/ad-focused model? May First/People Link supports two webmail programs (Roundcube and Horde/Imp) and supports a number of desktop email clients (see [wiki:faq/email/configure-email directions for configuring email clients]). By using these tools instead of Google you are investing your time and energy into a community the revolves around free software and progressive politics rather than building a community that revolves around turning your emails, searches, videos watched and web browsing habits into a commodity that is sold to advertisers, and most likely openly shared with governments. |
| | 27 | Before ending this FAQ, since `gmail.com` was named above, the question remains: why use Google at all? Why support their corporate/ad-focused model? May First supports an [https://roundcube.mayfirst.org: excellent webmail program] and supports a number of desktop email clients (see [wiki:faq/email/configure-email directions for configuring email clients]). |
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| | 29 | By using these tools instead of Google you are investing your time and energy into a community the revolves around free software and progressive politics rather than building a community that revolves around turning your emails, searches, videos watched and web browsing habits into a commodity that is sold to advertisers, and most likely openly shared with governments. |
