Thanks for the tip re Thunderbird Alas, at this point, I am loath to move to a 3rd email platform
It's Outlook unless I find a solution for the problems I've listed below with Google Mail -----Original Message----- From: silklist [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of landon hurley Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [silk] Has anyone here made the switch on their work email from Outlook to Google mail? On 09/12/2017 11:49 AM, Prashant P Kothari wrote: > I have switched from MS office to the Google equivalents for all > programs but email > > Still on Outlook - and that's where I spend 75% of my computer time I would recommend Thunderbird, with the lighting and enigmail plug-ins; all emails may be sent plain text, as it was truly intended to be. > a) the font sizes and types get a bit messed up if do a copy & paste > > b) limited # of fonts available > > c) still uncomfortable with labels... much prefer foldres > Thunderbird displays a folder structure for handling the labels. I believe Yale does Microsoft servers for handling their mail, and to be honest I never recognised a difference between it and any of the three gmail based corporate accounts I have. It works quite nicely. > I know that Google mail can be accessed offline as well - haven't used > that but am assuming that works out OK? > > Is there anyone that's made the switch and can share their experiences? > > > > Regards > Prashant > -- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
