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From: Indi on 26 Jul 2010 11:33 On 2010-07-26, Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 2010-07-26, John Thompson <john(a)stolat.os2.dhs.org> wrote: >> On 2010-07-25, Indi <indi(a)gaurahari.16x108.merseine.nu> wrote: >> >>> Not sure what your friend is going on about, but having used gmail >>> with mutt via IMAP for nearly two years now I've had no trouble at >>> all... >> >> Since gmail supports access via POP3 and IMAP (both SSL encrypted) and >> offers SMTP service (also encrypted) and all without any advertising, I >> have to wonder why anybody would prefer the web interface at all. > > It's quite handy for searching (especially mailboxes containing > thousands of messgages). > I prefer just keeping things organized so that I know where they are. Not hard to do really with proper filtering. Guess I'm old school... Or maybe just neurotic. :) -- Caveat utilitor, indi
From: Grant Edwards on 26 Jul 2010 11:44 On 2010-07-26, Indi <indi(a)satcidananda.16x108.merseine.nu> wrote: > On 2010-07-26, Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> On 2010-07-26, John Thompson <john(a)stolat.os2.dhs.org> wrote: >>> On 2010-07-25, Indi <indi(a)gaurahari.16x108.merseine.nu> wrote: >>> >>>> Not sure what your friend is going on about, but having used gmail >>>> with mutt via IMAP for nearly two years now I've had no trouble at >>>> all... >>> >>> Since gmail supports access via POP3 and IMAP (both SSL encrypted) and >>> offers SMTP service (also encrypted) and all without any advertising, I >>> have to wonder why anybody would prefer the web interface at all. >> >> It's quite handy for searching (especially mailboxes containing >> thousands of messgages). >> > > I prefer just keeping things organized so that I know where they are. > Not hard to do really with proper filtering. Guess I'm old school... > Or maybe just neurotic. :) I guess I don't see how "proper filtering" can help. There's no way I can memorize the contents of each of almost 7000 different messages. Sure, I know the piece of info I need is in a particular mailbox (or two), but than may only narrow it down to a few hundred messages. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm reporting for duty at as a modern person. I want gmail.com to do the Latin Hustle now!
From: Indi on 26 Jul 2010 11:51 On 2010-07-26, John Thompson <john(a)stolat.os2.dhs.org> wrote: > On 2010-07-25, Indi <indi(a)gaurahari.16x108.merseine.nu> wrote: > >> Not sure what your friend is going on about, but having used gmail >> with mutt via IMAP for nearly two years now I've had no trouble at >> all... > > Since gmail supports access via POP3 and IMAP (both SSL encrypted) and > offers SMTP service (also encrypted) and all without any advertising, I > have to wonder why anybody would prefer the web interface at all. > Casual users don't want to be bothered learning to do something new. The last four or five years I've noticed there are a lot of people who call themselves geeks but they use the browser for email.... Were I in a position to hire, that would be one of the questions I'd use to weed out applicants: "What email client do you like best?". Those that answer "browser" would be right out. -- Caveat utilitor, indi
From: Indi on 26 Jul 2010 11:55 On 2010-07-26, Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 2010-07-26, Indi <indi(a)satcidananda.16x108.merseine.nu> wrote: >> On 2010-07-26, Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>> On 2010-07-26, John Thompson <john(a)stolat.os2.dhs.org> wrote: >>>> On 2010-07-25, Indi <indi(a)gaurahari.16x108.merseine.nu> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Not sure what your friend is going on about, but having used gmail >>>>> with mutt via IMAP for nearly two years now I've had no trouble at >>>>> all... >>>> >>>> Since gmail supports access via POP3 and IMAP (both SSL encrypted) and >>>> offers SMTP service (also encrypted) and all without any advertising, I >>>> have to wonder why anybody would prefer the web interface at all. >>> >>> It's quite handy for searching (especially mailboxes containing >>> thousands of messgages). >>> >> >> I prefer just keeping things organized so that I know where they are. >> Not hard to do really with proper filtering. Guess I'm old school... >> Or maybe just neurotic. :) > > I guess I don't see how "proper filtering" can help. There's no way I > can memorize the contents of each of almost 7000 different messages. > Sure, I know the piece of info I need is in a particular mailbox (or > two), but than may only narrow it down to a few hundred messages. > It's rare that there is info I need in an email which I didn't already copy to somewhere more instantly accessible, but it happens on occasion. Of course, using mutt for gmail doesn't lock you out of using the browser to search for something occasionally. I've done it maybe three times so far this year. Hardly enough to put up with the webmail interface all the time... -- Caveat utilitor, indi
From: Grant Edwards on 26 Jul 2010 12:11
On 2010-07-26, Indi <indi(a)satcidananda.16x108.merseine.nu> wrote: > On 2010-07-26, Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > > It's rare that there is info I need in an email which I didn't already > copy to somewhere more instantly accessible, but it happens on > occasion. > > Of course, using mutt for gmail doesn't lock you out of using the > browser to search for something occasionally. I've done it maybe > three times so far this year. Hardly enough to put up with the > webmail interface all the time... I didn't mean to to imply that one would use the web interface all the time because of the search facility -- I only use it when I want to do a search. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm wearing PAMPERS!! at gmail.com |