Re: How to reply in the mailing lists
I still use gmail because I can access it everywhere, and if I use it
with google reader, I have no need for a something such as thunderbird
or any other email client. Those two do everything I need them to do.
On 9/25/07, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:06:38 -0400
> "Michael Marsh" <michael.a.marsh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 9/25/07, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:38:29 -0400
> > > "Michael Marsh" <michael.a.marsh@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > For me, it's a matter of all clients sucking. Gmail gives me the
> > > > google search algorithm over my mailbox, google talk in the sidebar
> > > > (not used often, but very handy on occasion), and no reliance on a
> > > > third-party SMTP server to send mail (unless gmail now provides SMTP).
> > > The Google search is undeniably valuable, and I occasionally use the
> > > web interface for that purpose, but for regular use, my preference is
> > > for the practical benefits of control and flexibility that *nix mail
> > > clients offer. In addition, I have an ideological preference for free
> > > software and the aforementioned control. In any event, my comment to
> > > which you are responding was in response to raju's suggestion to use
> > > knode. BTW, Gmail does provide SMTP.
> >
> > I may have seen the SMTP support, but that certainly wasn't the case
> > at one point. When they provide IMAP access, I'll consider moving
> > some of my gmail use back to other clients. POP's a bit of a pain
> > when you access the account from multiple machines. I also noticed
>
> Definitely.
>
> > that POP doesn't fetch your spam, which is nice, but spam counts
> > against your quota, and contrary to their claims it doesn't seem to
> > get cleared out after 30 days. I had one account that built up to
>
> Mine gets removed. My spam total remains steady at about 1600 messages.
> I never delete them; I just check them quickly for non-spam, and then
> mark them all read.
>
> > something like 30% usage while I was accessing it via POP. Cleaning
> > out the spam brought me down to under 1%.
>
> > Michael A. Marsh
>
> Celejar
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