Questions tagged [email]
Email clients and mail transfer agents. Questions about webmail are off-topic.
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My code to send an email from Java stopped working [closed]
The code below I have used for ca. 2 years (although some checks stripped out for brevity) and all of a sudden doesn't work any longer. The error message I get is (after some blurb):
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Configure maximum concurrent connection in Thunderbird for POP3
I have configured thunderbird to download my emails from gmail account. I am using POP3 settings. I have pre-pended recent: before my email and emails are downloading. In the bottom status bar, I can ...
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Outlook new email notification banner - can't figure out how to silence
I appreciate how many alerts I can turn off, but there's one I still can't figure out. I use the Focused folder, which is a great help. But if another email arrives, I get a notification like the one ...
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mutt: keybind to run external script just before imap-fetch-mail
I use offlineimap to manage receiving mail from my IMAP server. I use folders in mutt which offlineimap populates to view them. I would love to be able to bind a key to run the offlineimap external ...
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Is there any way to filter and sort emails into folders on the commandline for use with neomutt + mbsync?
I've recently transitioned to using neomutt and mbsync for my personal email (setup via mutt-wizard). I'd like to do the same for my work email, but I get a significant volume of email on that address....
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How can I set up a tunnel to a remote Windows computer just to send email?
My corporation requires us to use a separate computer (running Windows) to send and receive emails. This computer is on a private network behind a strong corporate firewall and proxy, although I am ...
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Windows Mail error 0x80070003
I am currently having trouble configuring the Windows mail application, when I click on the option to add a Google account it gives me the error code 0x80070003. I found an alternative however with ...
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Public IP configuration on Home router ( TP-link 940N)
I got 196.188.173.32/30 ip adress from my ISP with the following configuration.
Wan ip : 10.126.10.158/29
Gateway : 10.12.10.157
Lan Ip : 196.188.173.32/30
I have configured the router per the ISP,...
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Dovecot expunge all emails marked as deleted regardless of folder
I have asked the following question elsewhere on StackExchange, and I was pointed here as the best place to ask the question.
The response said that I need to use doveadm which is what I expected. ...
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s/mime decrypt with sender's private key
I made a few sets of certificates for s/mime encryption using openssl (for various email addresses I have). When account 1 sends an encrypted message to account 2, account 2's private key successfully ...
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Is it possible to forward emails to rotating email addresses automatically in Microsoft Outlook?
Is it possible to forward emails to rotating email addresses automatically in Microsoft Outlook?
I am trying to find a solution for randomly assigning incoming emails to 3 different users and looking ...
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Thunderbird shows erroneously huge mail item sizes with Active Sync account
Looking at the inbox mail size column, size of many short text mails (with formatting, seems HTML) is unexpectedly displayd in the mid MB range (about 40 MB each).
I do not really believe the size,
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can't send/receive emails anymore in Outlook
I'm using Outlook as my email client and have an IMAP acccount. I had to change my password and now send/receive emails doesn't work anymore. I updated my account and I know the new password is ...
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Easy way for a Windows user to encrypt a file that is to be distributed by e-mail?
I don't have Windows myself but I need a non-computer-savvy Windows user to e-mail me a file that should be encrypted before it is sent and I must to instruct him on how to do this. Are there any ...
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Outlook email rule, Search table in body then move to folder
I want to create an outlook rule were it checks the body of the email which has a table in it. It needs to check the top two cells of a 2 column table. As long as those match a specific text then move ...
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Choosing MacOS Mail rich-text link default
Since I have updated to MacOS 13, links (urls) I paste in Mail are automatically converted into link previews with an image. This happens when I paste links on a new line.
A little pull down arrow ...
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Is there a URI scheme to open a predefined MUA reading a given email?
There are some well known URI schemes, for example:
file:// will tell the browser to do not perform an HTTP call and open a file instead. Example: file:///C:/Users/alice/Desktop/README.txt
mailto: ...
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Override an email address coming from the organizational Outlook address book
So, I work in an educational organization which uses Outlook, with the mail hosted by Microsoft. I run the desktop app (version 2210), and as is typical we have a large list of users in the ...
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Office 365: Get a recurring report of all of the email addresses a company has been in contact with
I've been scratching my head on this one... I can't seem to figure out a solution. The purpose for this is that every month the list of email addresses get uploaded into Mailchimp, and Mailchimp sends ...
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How can I download a whole mailbox from Thunderbird to a local folder?
I am trying to back up a whole mail server to a local folder in Thunderbird, where there are many subfolders. Thunderbird is connected over IMAP, running from a gridhost server. When I attempt to copy ...
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How do I get email sent to address I do not own?
My email address is something like: justme@gmail.com.
I keep on getting lots of junk mail addressed to (for example): justmex2@aol.com. I don’t have an aol.com account. They alter what follows “justme”...
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How to solve: Roundcube search function not working
I know that Roundcube search function can be (very) slow.
But today, I noticed that it was not working correctly. I searched for a text string that appeared in one of the last received mails in the ...
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Thunderbird on MacOS, quickfilter is not working?
Thunderbird quickfilter has stopped working since a while ago.
I found a link that says it could be due to large amount of emails. I have a bunch of accounts setup so that could be it, but still ...
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Need automated feedback on email groups for non-technical users
Here's the situation: my church has a bunch of groups, each one led by a different person. Let's take as an example the choir.
Right now, we've got an Outlook email group set up "choir@my.church&...
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Consequences of using Office365 account on iPhone
Recently my employer switched the email to Office365. Initially I was able to check my email from my iPhone using IMAP. However recently this stopped working and I am not sure why (I didn't change any ...
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IREDMail no message sending
I have an old os cent server
it works with e-mail and WWW.
I substituted a new debian server and installed IREDMAIL.
I have set up a DNS provider.
I don't see the configuration page after hostname, IP ...
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Powershell script to find task scheduler issues [closed]
I am trying to write a powershell script to look at a server's task scheduler logs for a specific task, and I want to know if there are any errors or anything out of the ordinary.
I typically see ...
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Mail management with folders [closed]
I am trying to set up Outlook in order to be more productive in my day-to-day work. Since I work as a consultant, I have various engagements. For each of them, I created a separate folder in my Inbox ...
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Postfix - SASL PLAIN authentication failed: Connection lost to authentication server
I set up an email server using Cyberpanel (which uses dovecot + postfix internally). I have some ticketing software hooked up to the email server that bulk sends emails (currently trying to send ...
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How to create a sub-bullet point in Thunderbird?
To illustrate sub-bullet points in Markdown:
Stack Exchange
Super User
Ask Ubuntu
Server Fault
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Can't register IMAP university e-mail student account on Windows 11 and Outlook app
I'm a computer science student at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and I'm trying to add the university mail to Outlook app on my smartphone and the Mail app on Windows 11.
Somewhere in the past,...
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Email migration from Google to Microsoft fails with TargetDeliveryDomainMismatchPermanentException
I am migrating from Google Workspace to Microsoft365.
Everything seems to migrate over just fine, it will show status synced, but when I finalize the batch, it always ends on fail anyways (status of ...
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Thunderbird: create message filter based on email name/author in 'From' header
Version 91.12.0
The TB 'From' header on emails displays text (name/author) followed by
the sending email address enclosed in angle brackets, e.g.,
"babe ruth br@hof.com"
I can create a ...
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How to restore emails from deleted email account in Thunderbird
I recently graduated from college and have lost access to my school email account.
However, I accidently deleted my school email account from Thunderbird. Fortunately, I haven't checked the option to ...
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Inject HTML code into Outlook email
Is there an even easier (or maybe a little more user-friendly) way to inject a few lines of HTML source code into an Outlook email, than using a macro like shown over there:
Edit the HTML source code ...
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Setup Outlook rule to move an email to a folder after 14 days
I have emails in my Outlook inbox that I want to keep for a while, so they are still visible.
After a period of time (say, 14 days) I want them moved to another folder, storage.
Can this be done with ...
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Remove Addresses from AutoComplete in Windows Mail
Within Windows Mail for Windows 11, I'm having an issue with undesired email addresses showing up as autocomplete suggestions.
The addresses cam from spam messages that I have received. On these spam ...
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How to combine local mailboxes and imap ones in mutt?
I used to read my email with neomutt and get them from server with fetchmail. For a time, I switched to using mostly my webmail, but now I'd like to combine mail archives managed by mutt and ...
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Outlook Rule: Filter e-mails from long domains
Recently been innundated with a lot of spam email, all coming from senders with really long domain names. (of the format @{15+ characters}.{20+ characters}.net)
Of course, the bots have been getting ...
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Postfix Not receiving emails 550 authentication required
Postfix | Roundcube | Plesk panel Outgoing emails go away (although they end up in spam), but incoming emails do not arrive. Writes: Message not delivered. Failed to deliver message to recipient admin@...
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Email alias causes Outlook rule to trigger on 'sent to' condition even if primary email address is in To field
I have an odd situation involving an Outlook Exchange catch-all email address with aliases, and Outlook rules.
The rule states that if the email is sent to a secondary email address (secondary@example....
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PowerShell : Watch a folder and when file created, send it by mail
I would like to create a script watching a specific folder in my computer, and if a new file is created, send this file by email. What I found :
$action = {
$WatchFolder = "C:\Users\..."
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Outlook: Dynamic inbox? Live inbox? Filtered inbox?
After searching for bit without success, I suppose it's that I can't find the right terminology for this outlook feature I remember setting up years ago.
I set up criteria for items that would go into ...
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Excel - Find and List emailaddress based on domain address
I have a list of 6000 email address with 5 different address suffix. I want to list the email address based on their address suffix. So how do i sort this in Excel.
The suffix address are based on ...
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Apple Mail search only partially indexes my emails
Apple Mail search is only turning up some of the emails that fit my search query. This occurs with both keyword searches and searches for specific content.
It is particularly noticeable when searching ...
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Email addresses giving internet connection
Mysterious email address giving internet connection.
I was looking on my computer settings and I found that it connects to an email address in order to get internet.
It has PPPoE
Username: something@[...
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Are email X headers stripped by the server or forwarded?
I am a privacy freak and I use a lot email aliases. I never sent my true email address to many online businesses and organisations and I try to keep the different identities well separated. But some ...
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Forward Messages in Folder from Web
I have a problem similar to this other question, but slightly different.
How can I automatically forward all emails when added to a folder from the web interface? We're using Office 365 Business.
I'd ...
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about sending mail from windows mail (gmail) from a linked account
I am facing the following problem while using the windows mail app: I have set up my Gmail account on the mail app and I receive all the emails as well as send mails using my Gmail address. But I have ...
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mutt disallows deletion of message with error "Mailbox is read-only" in WSL
MAIL in .bashrc is set thus:
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/Tryer && export MAIL
fetchmail and mutt commands work fine and display any new message received. However, on trying to delete a message in ...
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