This is totally off-topic for the list, really, but whatever...
I use gmail because spam has made email pretty much useless for me. Because I have default addresses enabled for many of my domains, I get something in the neighborhood of 1500 'dictionary attack' spam messages a day. It's not easy to disable default addresses, because I've been using these domains for years, long before spam was a problem. Many people I don't want to lose touch with send mail to me at a variety of different addresses, and there's no way I could really set up explicit forwarders for every alias people use to get in touch with me. I don't have the time to make spam-blocking a part time job, and I haven't found a 'set it and forget it' spam blocker option that doesn't either block legitimate messages or let massive amounts of spam through. Gmail does a pretty good job of blocking spam. I route most (but not all) of my email to gmail, and now only a couple of spam messages get through. I keep my private communications on my own server under a couple of specific accounts. I don't like the privacy issues with gmail, but a cost-benefit analysis tells me it's better to let Google serve me some ads and store some of my non-confidential email than it is to spend a good chunk of my days filtering spam. Anyhow, let's all just get along ok. sheesh. On 2/13/07, Richard Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tuesday 13 February 2007 16:26, Alexandre Franke wrote: > On 2/13/07, Richard Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why so many people who believe in the ideals put forward by the > > Neo/Openmoko project are happy to use Gmail astounds me...
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