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Friday Fun Thread for March 17, 2023

Be advised: this thread is not for serious in-depth discussion of weighty topics (we have a link for that), this thread is not for anything Culture War related. This thread is for Fun. You got jokes? Share 'em. You got silly questions? Ask 'em.

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Are you absolutely annoyed by emojis in e-mail subjects?

Do you stubbornly insist on using Thunderbird?

Well, have I got the solution for you!

  1. Install the addon FiltaQuilla

  2. Crate a message filter with Subject Regex Match and value /\p{Extended_Pictographic}/gu

  3. Tag the resulting messages as spam and send them to oblivion

  4. Enjoy an emoji free e-mailing experience.

Do you stubbornly insist on using Thunderbird?

Are there better email clients?

In my experience no, but I've noticed a vast majority of people either just use their phone/ a web browser or outlook (forced by work).

That's because most email providers are quite hostile towards third-party clients. Back when you had 5MB of storage they would gladly tell you how to use SMTP and POP3, but now that you don't download your mail, they would rather you used their web client smeared in various ads and JS libraries.

One of the email providers I use now requires I use a separate password for each external client it generates for me, and this option is so well-hidden in the settings I can't even find it there and have to go through the help pages every time. It also cripples IMAP-based search, so I can't look for something in my older emails without going to the browser.