Re: [NTLK] Need help setting up GMail account on eMate in Mail V...

I'd love to see SSH and SSL implemented for the Newt/eMate. That just
extends the life of the platform by another 50 years. Really. Encryption is
"the thing", and while I am sure it could technically be done (there is a
blowfish implementation already out there), getting someone to do it....

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[mailto:newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Simon Stapleton
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:45 AM
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Cc: newt2100@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Need help setting up GMail account on eMate in Mail V...

> From: "david caslick" <newt2100@gmail.com>
>
> I have been lurking for some time. This email thread seems to imply
> that
> email on the Newton no longer works, or is impossible? Hopefully
> that is not
> a correct implication. Is there an alternate email to GMail that is
> downloadable to the Newton? Thanks and sorry to appear so ignorant,
> still,
> after all my lurking!

Hi David.

Email on the newton is not dead. The issue is that the newton as it
stands is incapable of doing SSL/TLS connections. Although it's
probably not *impossible* to make it do so, it's a massive amount of
work, and would probably require a ground-up rewrite / replacement of
NIE.

As such, you can't get or send mail via anything that requires SSL/TLS
connections; gmail is one such provider.

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