Ron Johnson wrote: > I keep telling people that Gmail is evil, but no one will listen. >
I don't think so. It is as evil as using any proprietary software. I use proprietary software all the time. Their TOS is very restrictive (as is the case for most proprietary software). So, I just use it not-so-important stuff. > If you care about your data, and want to get to it at any time, keep > your data and your apps on your local machine. > local vs machine independent set up for email ... I prefer machine independent any time. If you set up your email locally on a local machine, then what would you do when you go to another place and have to check email from another machine? In order to have 24/7 access to your email, now you need to set up ssh and make sure that the local machine runs 24/7. An ordinary user might not have resources to have a machine running 24/7. In such a case, I definitely recommend using a third party email service (like gmail, yahoo etc.,) which cost $0, and need no maintenance from the user. raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]