I do get that there are some people who have special needs, and special problems, but if your goal is to simplify and streamline tech support and save money then a few things need to change. If someone needs to use a mail client then have at it, but the support of that client should fall on that user and not on the support people who likely have better things to do. I spent far too much time trying to transfer email archives from one client to another or recovering those archives when they became corrupted. Nothing brought me more anxiety that trying to "save" mail from one of those clients gone wonky. Because someone prefers the features of a mail client over the web interface that should not over ride the needs of the institution to make things work well at as cheap a price as possible. My opinion and not likely to change anything...
Guy Vinson Computer Support and Consulting 510-842-7199 On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Jon Forrest <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 1/28/2015 10:21 AM, Guy D. VINSON wrote: > > The simple solution is for everyone to adopt the web based mail > > interface... this hanging on to apple mail, Outlook, and even still some > > users on Eudora is just plain silly. I have heard all the arguments > > about needing the mail client but none of them seem to be more important > > than the benefits of simplification and standardization. > > The silly argument I always use is that I know of no way with > the Gmail web interface to sort the display by anything other > than date. I routinely need this feature so I routinely use > Thunderbird. > > If there were a web interface that did this, and didn't > force me to give up features I rely on, then I'd agree > with you. > > Cordially, > Jon Forrest > UCB (ret.) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: > > To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or unsubscribe > from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming meetings, please > visit the Micronet Web site: > > http://micronet.berkeley.edu > > Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, and > the list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. This > means these messages can be viewed by (among others) your bosses, > prospective employers, and people who have known you in the past. >
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