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Inspired by a recent Lifehacker poll.
I used gmail through my browser for everything. All of my emails from various accounts are fetched by my gmail account. I can send mail from different accounts through gmail as well, which is nice. I used to use Outlook and IMAP to provide a downloaded copy of my mail, but with Gears providing offline access that hasn't been necessary for a while so I'm browser-only.
I'm also hoping to be chosen for the beta of Google Wave that's being released in September. It looks pretty hot, but that's another topic.
What do you prefer for email checking? Do you check your email through your browser or do you use a client like Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail,* Apple Mail, Thunderbird or other**?
* LOL that MS has four current desktop mail apps.
** dunno what the popular Linux mail clients are.
Do you use browser-based email or a desktop client?
#2
Posted 25 July 2009 - 09:21 AM
I am a Thunderbird user. I also have my own domain as well. Though there is the GMail for Your Domain program, Thunderbird works well. It allows me to check multiple e-mail accounts at once.
#3
Posted 25 July 2009 - 05:47 PM
I use Gmail and it's almost perfect for my needs. At work I've always used Thunderbird but my choice for personal email is Gmail so I voted for webmail in the poll.
#4
Posted 25 July 2009 - 10:19 PM
I use both. I mostly use Gmail's web interface, but the iPod Touch's mail app syncs perfectly with Gmail, so I use it when I'm not near a computer (I'm counting that as a "desktop client" even though technically it's not)
#5
Posted 25 July 2009 - 11:33 PM
I always forget to use Outlook to check my two accounts. I voted for browser :flowers:
#6
Posted 26 July 2009 - 12:18 AM
Both, I use live mail at home, but I can also access my mail via webmail from other machines, or my cellphone
#7
Posted 26 July 2009 - 01:18 AM
Depends on the account.
I'm on Tiscali, but have several legacy addresses from a provider that they took over, just one from Tiscali themselves. ***
I can use Thunderbird for only one or the other, not both ???
So I get the legacy ones with T/Bird and the Tiscali one from their browser page.
If I'm on the move then I use web2mail which has no problem finding them all.
*** the bastards have taken down my webspace as well, Thanks for letting me know beforehand.
UJ
I'm on Tiscali, but have several legacy addresses from a provider that they took over, just one from Tiscali themselves. ***
I can use Thunderbird for only one or the other, not both ???
So I get the legacy ones with T/Bird and the Tiscali one from their browser page.
If I'm on the move then I use web2mail which has no problem finding them all.
*** the bastards have taken down my webspace as well, Thanks for letting me know beforehand.
UJ
#8
Posted 26 July 2009 - 03:26 AM
For day-to-day things, I always use webmail. I have since forever. I don't really get the whole concept behind having a separate standalone application just for reading and sending e-mails.
The one exception is when my corporate account hits its storage quota. When that happens I usually fire up Thunderbird, as it has the best UI for mass-deleting 1000's of e-mails at once that I've found. If someone could just come up with a decent web-based interface for doing the same thing, then I wouldn't use Thunderbird at all, however.
The one exception is when my corporate account hits its storage quota. When that happens I usually fire up Thunderbird, as it has the best UI for mass-deleting 1000's of e-mails at once that I've found. If someone could just come up with a decent web-based interface for doing the same thing, then I wouldn't use Thunderbird at all, however.
This post has been edited by techs: 26 July 2009 - 03:27 AM
#9
Posted 26 July 2009 - 04:30 AM
I have two hotmail accounts (don't know why), a Yahoo! account, and a Gmail account. Again, I'm not sure why I decided to have so many email addresses, it just sort of happened. I have always been satisfied with them though.
#10
Posted 26 July 2009 - 09:34 AM
always have and always will be using a browser ( FF)
destop clients are only working for you in your own home and you can't send mail when on another network with your own settings.
Since webmail can store as many mails as Gmail can it's also a cheap and easy way to have software at hand anywhere
destop clients are only working for you in your own home and you can't send mail when on another network with your own settings.
Since webmail can store as many mails as Gmail can it's also a cheap and easy way to have software at hand anywhere
#11
Posted 26 July 2009 - 10:35 AM
DragonSon, on 26 July 2009 - 04:30 AM, said:
I have two hotmail accounts (don't know why), a Yahoo! account, and a Gmail account. Again, I'm not sure why I decided to have so many email addresses, it just sort of happened. I have always been satisfied with them though.
Yes, but how do you check them? Through a browser (e.g. Firefox) or a client (e.g. Outlook)?
Spaceplay, on 26 July 2009 - 09:34 AM, said:
always have and always will be using a browser ( FF)
destop clients are only working for you in your own home and you can't send mail when on another network with your own settings.
destop clients are only working for you in your own home and you can't send mail when on another network with your own settings.
I have Outlook set up to check a Gmail account (IMAP) and my own domain addresses (POP), and I have the PST backup extension installed to save a daily copy to my local disk. As far as I can tell, when I take my laptop anywhere, say McDonald's, and I get online through their free Wifi, I have no trouble using Outlook to send or receive mail.
Sandman, I didn't realise Gmail could be used to send from different addresses, I'll have to look into that. I'll also have to look into whether Google Gears could alleviate my concerns about "losing everything" if I were to move away from Outlook (and its daily local backup feature thingy). :up:
edit: I voted "both" because I use IE to check my Gmail when I'm at work, and I use Chrome to check it at home when I don't also want to check my domain accounts. :)
This post has been edited by Hugh: 26 July 2009 - 10:36 AM
#12
Posted 26 July 2009 - 01:00 PM
Hugh, on 26 July 2009 - 10:35 AM, said:
Sandman, I didn't realise Gmail could be used to send from different addresses, I'll have to look into that. I'll also have to look into whether Google Gears could alleviate my concerns about "losing everything" if I were to move away from Outlook (and its daily local backup feature thingy). :up:
You can set up gmail to send as various accounts. You can set it up to send as a particular account by default. For example, I receive everything through my personal gmail account, but all my mail is sent as if it came from my business domain. You can also set it up to reply using what ever address a mail was sent to.
I don't know that Gears is a fully acceptable replacement for an Outlook backup just yet. Google is slowly but surely moving towards a combo Cloud/Desktop experience, but Gears stores everything in it's own database. Gears is also slightly broken with FF 3.5 - it breaks some of the new drag and drop label features. Prolly be worked out soon. It's annoying but not deal-breaking.
edit: seems to be working again with the new labels so I take that back.
This post has been edited by Sandman2012: 26 July 2009 - 01:08 PM
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Posted 26 July 2009 - 05:27 PM
I've been a happy Gmail user through browsers for 5 years. I run Thunderbird every now and then to back it all up onto my local system.
#14
Posted 26 July 2009 - 07:29 PM
Hugh, on 26 July 2009 - 10:35 AM, said:
I have Outlook set up to check a Gmail account (IMAP) and my own domain addresses (POP), and I have the PST backup extension installed to save a daily copy to my local disk. As far as I can tell, when I take my laptop anywhere, say McDonald's, and I get online through their free Wifi, I have no trouble using Outlook to send or receive mail.
most ISP's that offer cable don't have IMAP but only work with POP
being on another network ,if you take your laptop somewhere , makes it possible to recieve mail but not to send it.
Since i use my laptop frequently for the radio station that wouldn't work for me.
So webmail is the solution.
You never suffer from a HD crash with webmail , your mail isn't lost when that happens.
#15
Posted 27 July 2009 - 07:00 AM
Spaceplay, on 26 July 2009 - 07:29 PM, said:
Hugh, on 26 July 2009 - 10:35 AM, said:
I have Outlook set up to check a Gmail account (IMAP) and my own domain addresses (POP), and I have the PST backup extension installed to save a daily copy to my local disk. As far as I can tell, when I take my laptop anywhere, say McDonald's, and I get online through their free Wifi, I have no trouble using Outlook to send or receive mail.
most ISP's that offer cable don't have IMAP but only work with POP
being on another network ,if you take your laptop somewhere , makes it possible to recieve mail but not to send it.
Ahhh. I didn't realise that about SMTP.
#17
Posted 06 August 2009 - 09:21 PM
Gmail, pushed to my Nokia E71. I get a flat data rate so it costs nothing extra.
If I have to actually check it, Firefox. But what does this have to do with anything?
Also, Chrome 3 is fast. :up:
If I have to actually check it, Firefox. But what does this have to do with anything?
Also, Chrome 3 is fast. :up:
#18
Posted 06 August 2009 - 10:43 PM
aaronsen, on 06 August 2009 - 09:21 PM, said:
Also, Chrome 3 is fast. :up:
I'm gonna switch back to Chrome once they get browser Sync set up. I read the other day they're working on it, and they've been pretty good about rolling out changes lately rather than the pre-recession trust-fund-hippie business model they used to have. lol
#20
Posted 07 August 2009 - 10:02 AM
I use Gmail (web) on computers and it gets pushed to my phone (I have an Android phone). Is good!
