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