On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 16:22, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> 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 don't have numbers either, but POP3/IMAP/SMTP is certainly rare in > the under-30 crowd. Rare, as in they don't even know that options > exists, and don't understand how one could have email but not have > access to it from any web browser. > > > first, i don't have numbers either. however, lets think about this for a second. how many smart phones are out there? ok, now figure out how many of those are owned by <30 crowd. i'll bet tons of $$$ that 99.9% of them have email configured on their phone. that said, i use the gmail web interface from my computer. and imap+idle to my phone pushes mail faster than their webui... go figure.
