Re: dd or cp over network: should I use scp?

[shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 16:22, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:

>> 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 don't have numbers either, but POP3/IMAP/SMTP is certainly rare in
the under-30 crowd. Rare, as in they don't even know that options
exists, and don't understand how one could have email but not have
access to it from any web browser.

first, i don't have numbers either. however, lets think about this for a second. how many smart phones are out there? ok, now figure out how many of those are owned by <30 crowd. i'll bet tons of $$$ that 99.9% of them have email configured on their phone.

that said, i use the gmail web interface from my computer. and imap+idle to my phone pushes mail faster than their webui... go figure.