Author: Jesús E.
Category: Opinión
Date: 2017-08-14 11:09
Diaspora: https://diasp.org/u/heckyel
Image: 2017/08/openmailbox.png
Lang: en
Mastodom: https://masto.nobigtech.es/@heckyel
Save_as: goodbye-openmailbox/index.html
Slug: sayonara-openmailbox
Tags: openmailbox, mail
Title: GoodBye OpenMailBox
URL: goodbye-openmailbox/

OpenMailBox, has been operating since 2012, but as of the date of
this article in 2017, it has changed the policies of its services,
which has caused discontent in the majority of its users, and the
notorious migration to other services.

Communication with its users has not been the strong point of
this service. At beginning there was an official forum that
eventually disappeared without further explanation.

The only official way to communicate with OpenMailBox was through
its Twitter account (a non-free and centralized social network),
and they don't seem to lavish too much on explanations either.

The most notable changes consist of, those who were already users,
would have access only to mail through their client web. On the
contrary, paying or not for a service is not the problem, the
issue comes in the following lines…

Your login page unfortunately runs **ECMAScript** (JavaScript)
Not free from Google (the recaptcha API, [freakspot][fsite] tells
in detail about this API), that is the real problem since users
would undoubtedly be at the mercy of possible cyber espionage
and it goes against the [philosophy of Free Software][gnu-philosophy].

## Service replacements with Free Software

+ [Posteo][posteo], payment 1 EUR per month,
+ [Riseup][riseup], requires an invitation, and donations for its operation, and
+ [Other services][other] that respect freedom.

For the bad treatment received and the little professionalism of OpenMailBox,
I can only say: it has been a pleasure, but goodbye!

[fsite]: https://www.freakspot.net/como-explota-Google-con-CAPTCHAs
[gnu-philosophy]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html
[posteo]: https://posteo.de/
[riseup]: https://riseup.net/
[other]: https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems
