On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:06:38 -0400 "Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/25/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:38:29 -0400 > > "Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > I may have seen the SMTP support, but that certainly wasn't the case > at one point. When they provide IMAP access, I'll consider moving > some of my gmail use back to other clients. POP's a bit of a pain > when you access the account from multiple machines. I also noticed Definitely. > that POP doesn't fetch your spam, which is nice, but spam counts > against your quota, and contrary to their claims it doesn't seem to > get cleared out after 30 days. I had one account that built up to Mine gets removed. My spam total remains steady at about 1600 messages. I never delete them; I just check them quickly for non-spam, and then mark them all read. > something like 30% usage while I was accessing it via POP. Cleaning > out the spam brought me down to under 1%. > 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]
