-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/08 06:07, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> I keep telling people that Gmail is evil, but no one will listen. >> > > I don't think so. It is as evil as using any proprietary software. I use > proprietary software all the time. Their TOS is very restrictive (as is the > case for most proprietary software). So, I just use it not-so-important > stuff. > >> If you care about your data, and want to get to it at any time, keep >> your data and your apps on your local machine. >> > > local vs machine independent set up for email ... > > I prefer machine independent any time. If you set up your email locally on a > local machine, then what would you do when you go to another place and have > to check email from another machine? In order to have 24/7 access to your > email, now you need to set up ssh and make sure that the local machine runs > 24/7.
No, no. You enable IMAPS, and then connect using Thunderbird, Outlook, etc, etc. Or, install Apache and Squirrelmail. > An ordinary user might not have resources to have a machine running > 24/7. Why not? > In such a case, I definitely recommend using a third party email > service (like gmail, yahoo etc.,) which cost $0, and need no maintenance > from the user. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh92NAACgkQS9HxQb37XmdOfACg4BMyf3qnD38m+xpfafCcmsaC G/sAnRa5eqIiuovuP4dCtQNLoX2aszSw =WdIJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
