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Eion MacDonald <maceion@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 14/08/18 12:13, Paul Sutton wrote: >> >> >> On 14/08/18 11:41, Tom via list wrote: >>> Off on holidays and need to be able to contact our house sitters. Last >>> time I went abroad all my webmail etc refused to work because I was >>> abroad and as I dont bother with a phone abroad there was no way of >>> getting things working again. Anyone know of a way of kicking >>> gmail/yahoo etc to work when not in the UK? >>> >>> Tom te tom te tom >>> >>> >> >> I thought the whole point of webmail was that you can check from >> anywhere, especially gmail / yahoo. >> >> Paul >> > > Works ONLY if you can verify you are you on their automated systems. > > One way is to set up a "<you chosen name>@protonmail.ch" account before > you go or wherever you are as their verification is by password (strong) > from any computer. > This webmail works any where. > > -- > regards > Eion MacDonald I've not had any issues with webmail (in the past - no longer applicable, as I host my own email server, and rely on offlineimap.. don't use webmail right now) in various locations. Tom - what error do you find you receive when not in the UK *and* trying to connect to webmail? Do you use 2FA? I agree that webmail has the point of being able to access from anywhere, as Paul says - but equally, we should be grateful that security is good on Google, Yahoo, whatever - its really a matter of balance.. -- Best regards, Dom Rodriguez (shymega / dzr). -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq