On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 19:04 -0700, Brian Marshall wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:46:07 -0500 > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote: > > > I keep telling people that Gmail is evil, but no one will listen. > > > > If you care about your data, and want to get to it at any time, keep > > your data and your apps on your local machine. > > So what would you recommend for a free, ISP-independent email service > with IMAP and a sensible amount of storage space? Host it yourself on an extra machine shoved in a closet. Works for me. > The reason I use Gmail is because there is no way I can set up > everything for email on a local server (not the least of which > preventing this is the restrictions of a consumer-level ISP) and no > other free mail service provides the same benefits as Gmail. There's always other ISPs. If you're on Comcast, try switching to DSL. The telcos are, for the first time in a very long time, the lesser of two evils. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca
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