@nelson@tech.lgbtA modern email forward now creates 16kB of headers. In the 1990s that would have been well under 1kB. I used to understand every byte in an RFC822 email header. I've got no idea what all this crap is now but I still know enough to get an AI to figure out what went wrong.
My Cloudflare email change is a success: they are doing SRS correctly where Google Workspace does not.
@cheryanne@aus.socialAs I mentioned earlier, I switched to Thunderbird (Mozilla) for all of my email collection. Been using it for over 24 hours and have it set up the way I want it on both pc and phone. Excellent program.
Now here is a stupid security? rule that just doesn't work: ANU emails can't be configured to a 3rd party email client like Thunderbird even through IMAP. However, one can set up, in ANU's web Outlook interface, to forward them automatically to a bloody Gmail account! 🤦♀️<…
@bencurthoys@mastodon.socialGrr and argh.
The people who make government websites generally tend to do a halfway decent job of meeting the spec, but they really really need to learn to push back when the spec is FUCKING STUPID.
Having just completed my "Annual Filing" with Companies House - and why is that even a thing, we're not posting fucking vellum to Victorian clerks who scurry up ladders to deposit the sacred paperwork in the appropriate filing cabinet any more - I got a new scary emai…
@nelson@tech.lgbtGoogle Workspace is not forwarding my private domain email reliably to Gmail: I think they're screwing up the ARC and stuff gets dropped as spam. Have you used either of these two alternatives?
@domm@social.linux.pizzaToday I tried to get our new Hetzner mailbox to work with gitlab issues, but failed. I blame Hetzner, because a) they don't seem to support subaddressing (foo 123@example.com) and b) they don't set the proper mail header (Envelope-To and Delivered-To) when doing a mail forward. Both of which work for example with mailbox.org, and both are needed to allow issue creation via email in gitlab (what they call Service Desk). Grrr...
@StephenRees@mas.toI took a survey: Share your thoughts on the new government so far.
As the year comes to a close, we’re reflecting on how much has shifted since Mark Carney took office. In a short time, this government has pushed through sweeping changes with lasting consequences.
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Can you join me & take the survey?
