Webmail service with POP access : suggestions ?

[Guido Heumann]

Vincent Trouilliez schrieb:
> "Ivano Galli" <ivano.galli at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Even though a bit :) Off Topic on the list here (AFAIK), I'll give you
>> a hint: what about Gmail?
>> It's from Google so I think it's a company that it's here to stay...
>> You can check all the features at http://mail.google.com/support
>> If you need an invite to Gmail, feel free to ask me.
> 
> Oh yes, Google is definitely an ideal candidate indeed for "long term support" ;-) ! 
> I must confess I had never realised that all these "gmail.com" e-mail addresses I kept seeing on -users, were actually G(oogle)mail.com addresses ! I guess my ignorance shows.. ;-)
> 
> I will definitely evaluate their POP service ! I have already an invite in the pipeline though... someone e-mailed me privately a few minutes ago also suggesting gmail :-)
> 

Hi Vince,

please make sure to check their terms of service before relying too much
on gmail. One should be aware that there are some privacy issues[1]. I
have seen many heated mailinglist discussions bringing up arguments that
not only the gmail user's privacy is affected but also that of anyone
else writing to him under this adress.

Note I'm not saying "don't use gmail", just wanted to warn you to think
twice before you decide to switch everything over. Because from what
I've heard gmail must have phantastic addictive usability features ... ;-)

cheers,
Guido

[1] http://www.epic.org/privacy/gmail/faq.html