Messengers and Music Players

[Jay Daniels]

On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 18:01 -0700, Minty Busby wrote:
> So, Jay, does your suggestion to use a local client mean that my
> latest post (this one, for example) isn't without quotes?  I need to
> hear this from somebody who uses neither browser-based Gmail nor IMAP
> Gmail, and I think that's you.  Gmail has a way of cleaning up all my
> incoming mail and organising it to my specifications, but
> unfortunately, out-going mail doesn't seem to get the same treatment.
> Gmail is unlike any other browser-based email provider I've ever used,
> and I've used many.
> 
> I jump back and forth between local and web based mail as the
> technology changes.  I'm not one to ride out bugs.  I run away from
> them.  By the time bugs appear where I went, they're usually gone
> where I came from, so I go back.  I don't do much printing of email
> conversations, but I'm pretty good at quickly printing exactly what I
> want, so that doesn't concern me.
> 
> Anyway, rest assured that half the time, I'll be taking your advice!


If I'm not mistaken, gmail does not show users ip but replaces it with
blackhole ip.

Maybe someone else could explain this one, but it looks like a future
spam haven since it's trivial to plug in a proxy into your browser.

Futhermore it tags your From address if you use mutiple addresses and
send mail from one other than your main gmail address.  Maybe someone
who knows gmail can explain this one.



jay