Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal
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Using Hotmail for anything was already a bad idea, using it for an open-source dev account is worse. I don't understand why they haven't switched to something else 20 years ago.
It's been a 365 account for years now. They just still use the domain.
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No real reason to be using a hotmail account in this day and age, even less so if you're a developer of a direct competitor for Microsoft.
What alternative do you recommend that won't be blocked by Google and Microsoft? I hate Microsoft, but I can't even sign up for a Google account, and everywhere else I've tried is blocked by Google, Microsoft, or both.
I self-hosted my email from 2006-2021, and do not have the stamina to do that any more.
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What alternative do you recommend that won't be blocked by Google and Microsoft? I hate Microsoft, but I can't even sign up for a Google account, and everywhere else I've tried is blocked by Google, Microsoft, or both.
I self-hosted my email from 2006-2021, and do not have the stamina to do that any more.
Zoho works well for me with my own domain (though I am on the old free plan that allows IMAP, while today the free plan only supports webmail or their own app). I also know someone who uses Tuta without problems sending to Google and Microsoft.
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What alternative do you recommend that won't be blocked by Google and Microsoft? I hate Microsoft, but I can't even sign up for a Google account, and everywhere else I've tried is blocked by Google, Microsoft, or both.
I self-hosted my email from 2006-2021, and do not have the stamina to do that any more.
If your concern is being blocked, the best advice is to avoid any free email service and pony up for a paid one.
ProtonMail used to be the big one, but IIRC they had some controversy recently:
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Other commenter already mentioned Zoho, but also mailbox.org.
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They probably meant purely self hosted. You can self hosted Gitea, Forgejo, GitLab, and probably many others.
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Why do I feel like any customer support has been replaced by ai and it has led to this show of shit?
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probably forgot the account still existed. was it libreoffice@hotmail.com? eh
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What are you waiting on again? Remind me.
What question.
What standard is that.
What personal details did I make up.
Why did you call me Danny.
Was it an attempt to dead name me.
Define woman
And last but not least are you sure I'm anti woman not anti feminist? I've tried to explain the difference to you and you just breeze on past.
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Yahoo still exists. Somehow. Apparently the brand is extremely popular in Japan, Yahoo Japan is on the list of top 50 visited websites. IIRC the brand was bought by Verizon, and I have no idea if Yahoo even offers web search anymore.
Apparently Yahoo uses Microsoft Bing for their search backend.
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They probably meant purely self hosted. You can self hosted Gitea, Forgejo, GitLab, and probably many others.
git (by itself) is no harder to host than SSH.
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Oh man, I hate the whole git system so much, it was like the worst part of coding.
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I host my main repository on my "lab server" at home, I got a copy on codeberg, and my public repo are mirrored on github.
I specify in the github description that's a mirror with a link to codeberg.
Github is the little outcast kid of the bunch...
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Apparently Yahoo uses Microsoft Bing for their search backend.
How the hell are we down to two meaningful web engines and two meaningful search engines?
There's Firefox and everyone else, and everyone else uses Chrome.
There's Google and everyone else, and everyone else uses Bing.
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Can someone suggest me good alternatives to both Microsoft's mailing system (Outlook, etc.), and to Github, just in case?
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git (by itself) is no harder to host than SSH.
I wouldn't say it is particularly easy to setup, not easier than using a Docker image at least.
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What was a LibreOffice developer doing using Microsoft stuff in the first place?
If you use Microsoft or Meta or any of the usual suspects, and they screw up or get hacked or behave badly, don't be all surprised and complain. It's what they do, and they don't care, and never listen. You know this.
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Can someone suggest me good alternatives to both Microsoft's mailing system (Outlook, etc.), and to Github, just in case?
For Outlook as an E-Mail client: I like Claws-Mail or just standard Thunderbird.
For Outlook as an E-Mail Service: Either Self-Host or find a good provider (I have a small German company where I pay 1€/month and get great service)
As an GitHub alternative, I use sourcehut. The link is sr.ht btw
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Why do I feel like any customer support has been replaced by ai and it has led to this show of shit?
Replaced? They didn't have any in the first place
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What isn't made clear is if this had anything to do with him being a LibreOffice developer. Or just the usual Kafkaesque bullshit that happens when someone's account gets flagged for "suspicious activity" or whatever and they cannot get a real human being to help or reverse the problem.
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I visited a local Microsoft office in the mid-90s. Their office employee kitchen had a poster of the Internet Explorer logo smashing the Netscape logo to a bloody pulp.
I worked for apple
It was creepy. I have been in litteral sex-cults that felt less cultish and close-minded.