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[GonzO <gonzo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Bazon <bazonbloch@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Why should one give up a local E-mail client?

I use anywhere from 3-10 computers in my average work day.

In no way is it advantageous for me to install and configure a mail
client on all of them.  Especially one using IMAP, which is like
running web mail, but needing a specialized piece of software to do
it.  And "website overhead" isn't really a reason, either (Google
compresses everything such that the "overhead" is actually only a few
kb.  You're wasting more resources launching thunderbird than you are
using gmail in a browser).

It's not that I think people should "give up" real mail clients; its
that I literally see no point to them outside of using POP to have a
local backup.

--G