[Please don't cc me on replies.] On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:57:19 +0200 Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 00:47, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I always thought my getmail POP setup was pretty typical - I have it > > configured to use /var/spool/mail/username as the mail spool. Is that > > atypical, or a bad idea for some reason? > > > > It is atypical as it is not webmail! Very few people today are using > something they access via POP3 or IMAP, and even most of those aren't > running on their desktop but rather at the company. Okay, I have no idea of the numbers, but POP3/IMAP is certainly the (or a) classic way of doing mail. > I personally use the POP3 / SMTP of my website host, as I hate webmail > (but gmail is great for mailing lists). But people are surprised when > they discover that I can't just check and send mail from any computer > with a web browser. Most people don't even know that there is an > alternative to webmail. > > Oh, and Exchange is pretty popular too, but that is typically > associated with business mail, somehow that is a different paradigm > from "personal mail" for Exchange users. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110225092249.7e605f89.cele...@gmail.com
