On Thursday 20 December 2007, Randy Barlow wrote: > Grant wrote: > > I used mutt for a long time but when I tried squirrelmail my > > productivity when up 5 fold. I'm thinking switching to a desktop app > > would be even better. Plus no PHP on my server. > > I like Thunderbird.
I think that it is simply a matter of choice of access. If you want to access your messages from anywhere, then a webmail can be useful. On the other hand if you have access to a mail client (laptop, pda, smartphone) then webmail can be redundant. A webmail (unless run on the LAN) will always experience some latency compared to a mail client and over a dial up, well it'll feel glacial. I have been using Kmail, which has evolved to become a pretty stable application (well, compared to what it was like 4 years ago ;p ) and have also used Opera's mail client/news agent (because it's simple, lightweight and errm . . . it's just there). On the other hand, if you also use MS Windows, then Thunderbird brings familiarity because it exists on both OS'. HTH. -- Regards, Mick
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