Pqluglist- What e-mail client do you use?

[Parksville-Qualicum Linux Users group mail list]

Under settings in Gmail,  there is an opportunity to enable POP and IMAP.
It appears that somehow, you can store your gmail offline, although I don't
understand why you would want to.

Ed

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Parksville-Qualicum Linux Users group mail
list <pqluglist at pqlug.org> wrote:

> Properly configured, Thunderbird is fantastic. IMAP is substantially better
> than POP3, as it allows syncing of actions across multiple systems, so that
> your email isn't tied to any one computer.
> I tried Evolution for a while, but just couldn't stick to it. Thunderbird
> offers a more robust interface, and is much more familiar. I had wanted to
> use Evolution for its integration with Ubuntu, but it just doesn't provide
> what I need.
> Failing that, the GMail interface is quite nice, but does not allow you to
> store your email offline... yet. I suspect that once HTML5 becomes a bit
> more well-supported, GMail will offer offline capabilities, storing a
> certain number of emails in local storage, and your contacts in the built-in
> database.
>
> --Justin
>
>
> On 10-07-08 06:44 PM, Parksville-Qualicum Linux Users group mail list
> wrote:
>
>> Back in the day I hated Evolution - too big, bulky and too MS-like. So I
>> started using Thunderbird, and I loved it until now. The version that
>> ships with Ubuntu 10.04 has been a nightmare for me. They've changed
>> from POP3 to IMAP, and unbeknownst to me, didn't dump the messages off
>> the server when I downloaded them. Apparently there's a way of deleting
>> entities and starting over as POP3, but I didn't feel like doing the
>> work. So I tried Claws for a while. It was simple (too simple, really)
>> and I couldn't for the life of me get the spam filtering to work.
>> Don't hit me. I installed the default Evolution. I know. Mono and all
>> that, but it seems to have matured to the point that it looks good and
>> works. I still have to train it with junk mail, but so far so good. I
>> must say e-mails sent from Outlook and Express look more like they were
>> intended.
>> DonL
>>
>>
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