I currently use StartCom certificates for my personal web server and email server (no, not related to Hillary). But I also use their client certificates (S/MIME).

I also use a backup MX service for my mail server, but recently that has changed hands and the price has started to go up.

So it would be nice to find a one stop shop to fill these needs:
    1. Backup MX service (possibly with spam filtering service)
    2. SSL certificate for a single domain (no wildcards, single server name is fine)
    3. S/MIME client certificates

Free is nice, but I am willing to pay a small annual fee for the services (currently pay for Backup MX). I currently create my own key and CSR, I do not like sites that generate the keys for you or require any software. I should be able to upload the CSR, and get a certificate back (after validating I own the domain, of course).

Any recommendations? If I cannot find anything reasonable, I will have to go back to self-signed certificates. I could live without the S/MIME, but having that is nice being its the only easy way to encrypt email on iPhone's Mail app.

Typical Apple - add a much needed and awaited feature in iOS 9 in the Mail App, where you can go into a mail folder and hit Edit, and in the lower corner, have the option to Trash All messages.

In iOS 10, Apple removed this feature, but the Trash folder still retains a "Delete All" button in the same spot, but every other mail folder has now reverted to ios 8 behavior. That is, to delete all messages in a folder, it now requires Edit, then tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap swipe tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap swipe tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap Delete. But I can Mark All as Read, or Flag All, but nope, why would you want to Trash/Delete All?

And to this day, one still cannot collapse/expand hierarchical IMAP folders. I gave up on this feature and renamed some of my more frequently used mail folders to start with A or B so that they show up near the top of the alphabetically sorted list (such as rename "Spam" to "Blocked").

Any recommendations for a Mail App replacement? I want to leave my messages stored on my IMAP server, some of the ones I have tried were nice, but involved synchronizing all messages in all folders to the iphone, which I do not want, or did not support S/MIME through the Contacts properly for encryption/signing.

There are some very nice (and small) USB SD card readers. Loss of the SD card slot is understandable in my opinion. I usually use my USB card reader when I transfer files off my camera since most desktops do not have a dedicated SD card reader anyway. (My camera does have Wi-Fi, but turning on the radio, connecting to my network, and transferring files at WiFi speed doesn't compare to just copying the files directly off the SD card - the simplest method in Linux IMO).

Loss of USB Type A ports is far far bigger deal, and quite a headache. Now you will need a USB-C hub with type A ports just to use about every peripheral that is out there today.

Courage is it? Forced obsolescence is more like it. Thanks Apple.

Yes, we will have to go back to the USB SD Card reader to transfer files. Except, no, wait, we will also need a USB-C adapter to hold the USB SD card adapter. I am guessing there are not too many USB-C SD card readers out there (certainly not in the possession of most people who still have USB 2.0 adapters they purchased years ago).

It is almost getting to the point of having a single "port" on the laptop and then having to have a hub device that breaks out all the useful things, like Ethernet, USB, HDMI, etc. In fact, I believe years past we used to call those.. docking stations. Except now you have to carry around your own docking station to make the laptop semi-useful again.

Not sure these ultrabook style devices are a win-win. I like the lighter weight, and most of the time you have to go the Ultrabook route to get the newer high-res screens (2560 or 4K), but the lack of IO - my bag didn't get any smaller. Instead of one big laptop that could do everything (including a DVD-RW burner), now you have to carry around endless drives, adapters, cables, hubs and power bricks with you. Yea.

I should refine my last statement that I do not use the 3.5mm jack during the day while I am at work. However, I DO use the 3.5mm jack quite extensively when I am mowing the grass, going for a walk, or listening to music when falling asleep (and leaving my lightning port connected to a charger overnight). I would like a slightly thicker phone if more battery life could be had - as it is now I can only get by always charging my phone overnight, AND by topping it off while I am at work by leaving it connected to a dock, AND I always have it plugged into my car stereo via USB. Even with all that, sometimes late in the evening I will dip below 20% battery.

The problem with an external adapter, and with lightning connector headphones, is that the DAC has now been moved from inside the phone to the external dongle or headphone.

For audiophiles, this was standard practice (to use an external DAC) even with the 3.5mm jack, because the iPhone's internal DAC was limited to 24-bit/48kHz. But now with cheap dongles and cheap headphones, the built-in DACs could be quite inferior for audio quality, or if decent, raise the cost (rather than one decent DAC in the phone, now every connected headphone/dongle has to provide it's own DAC and draw power from the phone).

I don't like Apple removing the 3.5mm jack, but now that I use Sennheiser's as my primary headphones at work, I no longer use the 3.5mm audio jack and use an external dock to charge my phone and drive my headphones (still have to turn the volume to near max to drive them). I think the market for external DACs with added bonus of phone battery charging capability will be on the rise (see Oppo HA-2 and the like). Incorporating such features into a phone case even better.

Isn't the GPS receiver already doing a better job of that?

There are a lot of features you could not possibly change faster than the time it takes to pull out a cell phone that given that they are buried in a menu somewhere. I'm not suggesting everything be offloaded but I think it's pretty safe to take something like the filename formatting out of the camera menu. You're not going to change that in a hurry. And frankly the argument that every feature of a camera needs to be in a menu just doesn't match reality. NOBODY needs every possible feature of the camera on the little screen. NOBODY is going to change a lot of those settings "quickly while holding the camera with both hands". Some they will. Most they will not.

You are joking right? From hitting the menu button, I can usually find what I want to change and change it in about 2-3 seconds. WiFi to cellphone? First I have to go into the menu to enable WiFi (I don't leave it on due to battery drain). Then you have to download the app onto your smartphone. Then you have to find the camera's WiFi on your phone and connect to it. Once you do that, you can start the app, which will search for the camera. Once it finds it, then you have access to your camera. I have found that this takes about 10-15 seconds, if it was previously setup. For a first time setup, try several minutes, since you'll have to create and enter a password, pair the devices, etc.

If I am going to use my smartphone to take pictures of family (use it as a remote trigger since they are expensive), I make sure to get my camera and phone setup ahead of time so people don't get upset that it's taking too long to take the pictures. But the menu? Mere second or two. The smartphone access is a nice feature, but it is NOT a replacement for on-camera features. I mostly use the WiFi feature for sending photos from camera to phone to online (facebook or photo share), rather than having to use the old school approach of connecting to computer, or even removing SD card and using SD card readers.

I have a EOS 6D and think the menus are just fine. The menus are grouped by function and color coded, and customization options are all at the end on three pages (microfocus adjustment, button assignments, etc.). And if that's too much, there is one user customizable menu page where you can assign any function you want to that page and re-order them as you please. Most settings are done from the buttons on the body (ISO, drive mode, AF points, etc). When I do use the menu, I use my custom menu the most, which includes things such as turning on/off the WiFi and GPS, mirror lock, and create new SD folder.

And talk radio channels are so heavily compressed it is sometimes hard to understand over the road noise.

However, that's in my wife's car. In my car, I do not have SiriusXM capable radio, but I have a USB input into a 3rd party headend. So I use the SiriusXM app on my iPhone and stream over LTE. In the app you can select "Maximum" for streaming audio quality. This setup actually sounds really good, better than any FM radio station (even ones supporting HD Radio). And it doesn't even dent my monthly usage at high quality, since it's still just an audio stream, not video.

The only advantage the satellite signal has is that you can receive it anywhere, whereas my solution only works where I have 4G/LTE service (which drops off quickly once you travel off the Interstate and outside of city limits where I live).