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Author: Jesús E.
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Category: Opinión
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Date: 2017-08-14 11:09
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Diaspora: https://diasp.org/u/heckyel
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Image: 2017/08/openmailbox.png
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Lang: en
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Mastodom: https://masto.nobigtech.es/@heckyel
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Save_as: goodbye-openmailbox/index.html
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Slug: sayonara-openmailbox
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Tags: openmailbox, mail
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Title: GoodBye OpenMailBox
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URL: goodbye-openmailbox/
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OpenMailBox, has been operating since 2012, but as of the date of
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this article in 2017, it has changed the policies of its services,
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which has caused discontent in the majority of its users, and the
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notorious migration to other services.
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Communication with its users has not been the strong point of
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this service. At beginning there was an official forum that
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eventually disappeared without further explanation.
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The only official way to communicate with OpenMailBox was through
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its Twitter account (a non-free and centralized social network),
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and they don't seem to lavish too much on explanations either.
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The most notable changes consist of, those who were already users,
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would have access only to mail through their client web. On the
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contrary, paying or not for a service is not the problem, the
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issue comes in the following lines…
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Your login page unfortunately runs **ECMAScript** (JavaScript)
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Not free from Google (the recaptcha API, [freakspot][fsite] tells
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in detail about this API), that is the real problem since users
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would undoubtedly be at the mercy of possible cyber espionage
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and it goes against the [philosophy of Free Software][gnu-philosophy].
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## Service replacements with Free Software
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+ [Posteo][posteo], payment 1 EUR per month,
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+ [Riseup][riseup], requires an invitation, and donations for its operation, and
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+ [Other services][other] that respect freedom.
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For the bad treatment received and the little professionalism of OpenMailBox,
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I can only say: it has been a pleasure, but goodbye!
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[fsite]: https://www.freakspot.net/como-explota-Google-con-CAPTCHAs
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[gnu-philosophy]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html
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[posteo]: https://posteo.de/
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[riseup]: https://riseup.net/
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[other]: https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems
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