On 19/11/2019 14:00, Mark Rousell wrote: > On 19/11/2019 06:55, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> why? after I have stated my goal is reading using a web interface >> comparative to what one finds with gmail? > > It seems that the key issue you have is that you want to access your > email via webmail (in other words, using a graphical environment which > is increasingly dependent on Javascript) via a text-only shell account. > This is a niche usage pattern that will only get harder over time to > operate successfully (although I fully recognise that you're stuck with it). > > However, I'm sure it is still possible to work this way for now. It just > requires the right webmail client. > > As others have mentioned, there are plenty of open source webmail > clients. I'd have thought that some of these can be configured to > operate without resorting to Javascript. In addition to the link that > Didier provided here is another handy list of open source webmail > clients: https://opensource.com/alternatives/gmail. > > In particular, SquirrelMail gets a mention on this list. SquirrelMail > has seen little development in the last few years and, for that reason, > probably doesn't rely much on Javascript (although I cannot be certain > as I've not tested it). On the other hand, it may suffer from unpatched > security vulnerabilities. > > Beyond that, I don't have enough experience of webmail clients to know > which ones can be configured to not be dependent on Javascript. > Nevertheless, these lists might be a step forward for you. > > You'll either need to find an ISP who runs one of webmail clients that > you can use or you will need to get a web hosting account that allows > you to run one of them privately. >
SquirrelMail has not been supported by Debian since Jessie. RoundCube is now the preferred webmail client.
