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[Fsuk-manchester] Fwd: Important notice to all Gmail users from the Free


From: Michael Dorrington
Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Fwd: Important notice to all Gmail users from the Free Software Foundation
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 22:27:57 +0100
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I use an email client so avoiding the non-free JavaScript of gmail. See
the links and email below for more information for people who already
use gmail.

Gmail Recommended IMAP client settings
<http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78892>
Gmail with Thunderbird 2.0
<http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=77662>

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Important notice to all Gmail users from the Free Software
Foundation
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 19:45:15 -0400
From: Matt Lee <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>

Did you know that, like you, nearly 50% of the 40,000 subscribers to the
FSF's supporter mailing list have an @gmail.com email address?

JavaScript, once lauded for adding simple visual effects to web pages,
is now used by web sites like Gmail to run powerful programs on your
computer. These programs, like any other program running on your
computer, should be free software. But right now, the vast majority of
JavaScript programs do not respect your essential freedoms to run,
study, modify and share them. They take control of your computer away
from you; the same control we have been working for over 25 years to
protect.

Because of the incredibly high percentage of Gmail-using free software
supporters, we're taking action to raise awareness about how to use
Gmail *without* using proprietary software. We'll also be
working on longer term solutions, but the most immediate positive step
to take is to stop running the proprietary programs.

Many people suggest that you shouldn't use Gmail at all, because it
means losing control over your data and privacy. We agree that this is
a very important factor for you to consider when choosing how you will
handle your email.

But since you are already using Gmail, please help us build momentum for
change by not using the proprietary
JavaScript on your system -- and helping others to do the same.

http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/jstrap/gmail?22978

Yours sincerely,
Matt Lee
Campaigns Manager
Free Software Foundation
--
Sent from the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street
Fifth Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1335
United States

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