Gmail ???

[Chris Rohde]

I tend to agree with everyone else here, I use gmail because it is just
that much more simple to see the emails here at home, and at work. I use
Evolution here at home for this account, which handles my mailing lists
and incoming mail from my blog, but other than that I just use gmail.

Same reason I Switched from using RSSBandit and the Flock RSS reader to
google reader... synchronization and ease of use.

I am, sadly, a dirty google fanboy.

Chris


On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 18:01 +0000, Eamonn Sullivan wrote:

> On 12/17/06, Richard <cms01 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > Wondering if ANYONE, has gone full gmail account, and drop
> > Thunderbird ...etc and just using gmail for sending and receiving emails.
> >
> > I mean 100% usage
> > if So, please tell me how it is, any problems...
> > and what are the major advantages, say comparing a ISP service,
> > and using a client app say thunderbird compare to a web browser...
> 
> I have, for a couple of years now. The main advantage for me is that
> it's completely cross-platform. I can read my email at work, on
> Windows, on my dual-boot (XP/Edgy) laptop or the iMac or two Ubuntu
> computers I have at home. I can start a message at work, edit a bit on
> my laptop, and finish and send it on the iMac. I also use the
> searching a lot and Google's browser-based instant messaging (not
> GoogleTalk) is one of the few that still work through my employer's
> firewall.
> 
> The main disadvantage is off-line use. I can't go through my email on
> the Eurostar, traveling between London and Brussels or Paris (which I
> do a lot). I can use my mobile phone, but that's really only useful
> for reading, not replying or composing. I don't consider the ads to be
> a disadvantage because I never even notice them (sh!). Once in a while
> (less often than in the past), gmail goes down and I lose access. That
> happens for an hour or less every several months now. That's more
> reliable than my previous ISP's email account.
> 
> -Eamonn
> 
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