Re: dd or cp over network: should I use scp?
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:57:19 +0200
Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
Okay, I have no idea of the numbers, but POP3/IMAP is certainly the (or
a) classic way of doing mail.
> 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.
Celejar
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