[mdlug] List archive and long lines

Wolfger wolfger at gmail.com
Fri Jan 12 08:55:51 EST 2007


On 1/12/07, David Favro <mdlug at meta-dynamic.com> wrote:

> > Not to mention the filters I can apply, like "star"ing the e-mail if
> > it's got an obvious reply to me (like your post did), so that, when
> > I'm busy, I can attend to only the important e-mails. If anything
> > webmail helps me process my e-mail faster!
> >
> Agreed, but you can do all that stuff (plus a lot more) with a "real"
> MUA also.

I'm just trying to combat the misconception that webmail is inherently
slow and full of spam. That used to be the case (and probably still is
with some, like Hotmail), but gmail and the new yahoo mail are speedy
and clean, easy to use, powerful, and relatively spam free (Gmail
filters it out better than Thunderbird ever did, and with fewer false
positives).

-- 
Wolfger
http://randomsynapsefiring.eponym.com/
AOL IM: wolf4coyot
Yahoo!Messenger: wolfgersilberbaer
Skype: wolfger88



More information about the mdlug mailing list