On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 08:25:17PM -0600, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > Just wanted to put in another shameless plug for Gmail. Two or maybe > three more reasons I love it: > > 1) Nearly unlimited storage at 6.5GB of 'free as in free' space, which > is always getting larger. Although I've been using it for three years, > I am currently only using 6% of my available space after all that > time. So, yes nearly unlimited. > > 2) I don't have to rely on one computer to view the lists messages > because it is web based. So, I use it at work (not to often though :-} > ) then at home or wherever I have internet access. > > 3) Also, just to repeat myself. Gmail automatically "threads" emails > by subject, so it is very nice to read as they say it's like having a > conversation with people.
Well, that's a feature of every decent mail reader (and has been so for a dozen years...) For 1) and 2) I rather rely on my laptop than relying on someone keeping _my_ data. It might be a bit different when only used for public mailing lists, but then I rather have all of my correspondence in one place, public or not. Andre'
