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Do you prefer web-based email or using an email client program?
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QuarterSwede
macrumors G4
That's what the Internet Message Access Protocol or IMAP is for.
Also, when you can't access the web you still have access to a copy of your email. Even better, when just accessing the site or receiving is down you can almost always still send mail from a client.
Same here. Much easier to use (not a fan of labels or starring) and looks a LOT better.
anjinha
macrumors 604
I use Apple's Mail client simply because it can display one Yahoo account and 2 Gmail's in one Inbox
Mail is great. The only thing that irks me is the weird equal signs and extra periods and question marks added when the recipient reads it even when I send the message in plain text. 😕
Clients
Desktop clients can't be beat for functionality:
AppleScriptability.
Spotlight integration.
Offline caching and archiving.
Unified inboxes across services.
Productivity application integration.
But of course, there's no reason you can't use both.
Desktop clients can't be beat for functionality:
AppleScriptability.
Spotlight integration.
Offline caching and archiving.
Unified inboxes across services.
Productivity application integration.
But of course, there's no reason you can't use both.
For serious email, I prefer the computer based email software (Outlook 2007 in Windows is my favourite option). I've got Outlook 2010 (Mac) here as well and just hate it, it's slow and clunky for me compared with 2007.
So I do all my email in VMWare and Outlook 2007, with a lot of Mail.app use on the iPhone to quickly clear out unwanted rubbish emails.
So I do all my email in VMWare and Outlook 2007, with a lot of Mail.app use on the iPhone to quickly clear out unwanted rubbish emails.
Daffodil
macrumors 6502
I'm happy with Mail on my own computer, and it serves me well. Like anjinha, I only used the web-based on other people's computers.
Just started using Outlook for work, though and so far, not a big fan... Something about the layout just irks me, and when I try to delete stuff, it's still stayed in my inbox, only greyed out with a line though it. Ugh. Probably dislike it a little extra since I'm still readjusting to my work computer running windows, though 😛
Just started using Outlook for work, though and so far, not a big fan... Something about the layout just irks me, and when I try to delete stuff, it's still stayed in my inbox, only greyed out with a line though it. Ugh. Probably dislike it a little extra since I'm still readjusting to my work computer running windows, though 😛
Gmail with the IMAP option is the way to go.
You can check it using webmail if you want and/or using a dedicated mail program if you want. All of your mail is stored both on your device AND on the server, so it's available from your device while offline or from any computer/device on the planet via the web portal.
I've been using Gmail since November 2004, and still have access to every message ever sent and received on that account from my laptop (both on the laptop and server), any other computer via web, and on my iPhone and iPad..all the time.
Locking down to a web portal seems like a PITA to me.
You can check it using webmail if you want and/or using a dedicated mail program if you want. All of your mail is stored both on your device AND on the server, so it's available from your device while offline or from any computer/device on the planet via the web portal.
I've been using Gmail since November 2004, and still have access to every message ever sent and received on that account from my laptop (both on the laptop and server), any other computer via web, and on my iPhone and iPad..all the time.
Locking down to a web portal seems like a PITA to me.
dontwalkhand
macrumors 604
Mail.app for life!
Webmail sucks as all it did was turn people lazy. I remember before GMail, everyone knew how to configure their own email, whether they had computer smarts or not...stupid Gmail, the worst thing to happen to E-mail.
Also what it did was cause people to have to CHECK their email, instead of what happened before, when people just left their email client open, and it notifies them of email instantly.
As for the different computers problem, use IMAP, not POP.
I wonder if this is the same crowd who goes to check their email using webmail on their iPhone instead of configuring Mail.app
Webmail sucks as all it did was turn people lazy. I remember before GMail, everyone knew how to configure their own email, whether they had computer smarts or not...stupid Gmail, the worst thing to happen to E-mail.
Also what it did was cause people to have to CHECK their email, instead of what happened before, when people just left their email client open, and it notifies them of email instantly.
As for the different computers problem, use IMAP, not POP.
I wonder if this is the same crowd who goes to check their email using webmail on their iPhone instead of configuring Mail.app
Melrose
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I use a Mail and love it. I've tried Sparrow (which is highly recommended by many, many people) and I was impressed with it, but not something for which I'd be willing to pay, at least not now.
I hate webmail. Hate it. And Gmail, even when it's hooked up to my Mail client still doesn't just have a "delete" button. It archives all the useless crap I *just want to trash permanently.* Which would be great if I was always accientally trashing good mail, but I'm not. I delete stuff because I want it gone, not saved in a special folder because Google thinks I might want it later.
I hate webmail. Hate it. And Gmail, even when it's hooked up to my Mail client still doesn't just have a "delete" button. It archives all the useless crap I *just want to trash permanently.* Which would be great if I was always accientally trashing good mail, but I'm not. I delete stuff because I want it gone, not saved in a special folder because Google thinks I might want it later.