On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Matthew Petach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure when Gmail gets close to the same number of users > as Yahoo, they will discover how challenging and painful it is > to support that many simultaneous short-lived SSL connections.
True, however GMail has the advantage of seeing Yahoo!'s past problems and working (in advance) around them. SSL is a good thing, and thankfully Yahoo! came into the 21st century. ;-) Before I switched to GMail I use to VPN my laptop connections to Yahoo! POP3 via a server closer to Yahoo! to avoid sniffing opptys. -Jim P.