Re: dd or cp over network: should I use scp?
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 00:47, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> I always thought my getmail POP setup was pretty typical - I have it
> configured to use /var/spool/mail/username as the mail spool. Is that
> atypical, or a bad idea for some reason?
>
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.
I personally use the POP3 / SMTP of my website host, as I hate webmail
(but gmail is great for mailing lists). But people are surprised when
they discover that I can't just check and send mail from any computer
with a web browser. Most people don't even know that there is an
alternative to webmail.
Oh, and Exchange is pretty popular too, but that is typically
associated with business mail, somehow that is a different paradigm
from "personal mail" for Exchange users.
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