On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:38:29 -0400 "Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/25/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you're able to run client software (i.e. you're on your own system, > > not on some possibly locked down public one), why not just use your > > favorite proper email client? > > For me, it's a matter of all clients sucking. Gmail gives me the > google search algorithm over my mailbox, google talk in the sidebar > (not used often, but very handy on occasion), and no reliance on a > third-party SMTP server to send mail (unless gmail now provides SMTP). The Google search is undeniably valuable, and I occasionally use the web interface for that purpose, but for regular use, my preference is for the practical benefits of control and flexibility that *nix mail clients offer. In addition, I have an ideological preference for free software and the aforementioned control. In any event, my comment to which you are responding was in response to raju's suggestion to use knode. BTW, Gmail does provide SMTP. > Michael A. Marsh Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
