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Re:Thunderbird 102 by mid-kid on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:44AM (#31917498)
I've seen multiple people be banned from using this client. It does everything in its power to remain unnoticed but you only need to come across the wrong server-side detection update once to get the hammer.
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Re:Thunderbird 102 by glenstein on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @07:29AM (#31918739)
Good to know and unfortunate although not terribly surprising. I guess this is the recommended user experience that the commenter up the thread is suggesting be integrated into thunderbird?
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Re:Thunderbird 102 by keb_ on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @07:42PM (#31927112)
There were some automated bans that happened after an outage (years ago), but those bans got lifted. After that, I haven't seen anyone get banned for using Ripcord. But like all things, YMMV. The benefits of Ripcord outweigh the negatives for me.
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Re:Thunderbird 102 by xytk on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @10:29PM (#31928155)
> It does everything in its power to remain unnoticed

It reports its user agent as "Ripcord"

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