OT: which to use - email client or web-based email?

[Derek Broughton]

Clayton wrote:

>> I think gmail threads better than Thunderbird - but that's only
>> opinion.  I don't have any facts to back that up...
> 
> GMail's threading is actually _not_ better than Thunderbird.  GMail
> bases threading on subject.  All you need to do to break GMail's
> threading is add a space of an extra letter to the subject line.
> Thunderbird, on the other hand, threads messages correctly using the
> message ID.

True.  What's more, I _think_ gmail never even adds "references"
or "In-reply-to" headers.

> GMail is also not mailing list friendly.  You cannot set a "reply to
> list" and you end up having to rely on the list manager munging the
> mail headers like is done here on the Ubuntu list, or in a list that
> leaves the headers alone, you must change the To: field with every
> reply.

Heck, no.  Get a decent mail program.  T-bird users have been begging for
years that it properly do "reply-to-list".  Mailman lists all have a header
for the List address, which a smart email program will use for replies.

> Best of all, it's SPAM management is second to none.

It's _good_.  Second to none?  I think my filtering with bogofilter is at
least as good.
-- 
derek