[HLUG] BT internet.

Tim Spivey tim at spiveyworld.net
Thu Oct 6 10:34:58 UTC 2011


Another +1 for gmail (googlemail) and I leave all my mail on their servers.
I probably trust Google too much!
On 6 October 2011 11:21, Steve Horsfield <horsfield.steve at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been using Gmail for five years and webmail for 10. If I wanted to I
> could enable the Google off line feature but I don't. I manage all my email
> accounts through the Gmail browser facility. I don't understand what an
> email client is for, or why anyone would want to use Outlook. I am also
> quite staggered by the dominance of Exchange in corporate environments.
>
> If you are going to collaborate and organize events and meetings it helps
> greatly if the participants are sharing the same calendar.
>
>
> Steve Horsfield
>
>
>
> On 6 October 2011 11:09, Tony Sales <tony.sales at rncb.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > I use Googlemail and I have never had any problems.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:
> > herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of GEOFF BAGLEY
> > Sent: 06 October 2011 11:08
> > To: herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: [HLUG] BT internet.
> >
> > I have used btinternet ever since I got ADSL.  They, in turn,  farm out
> > domestic email to Yahoo.
> >
> > Service has been pretty good, with very few outages.
> >
> > A few years ago, Yahoo were threatened with takeover by Micro$oft.
> >
> > Since I try not to have anything to do with Micro$oft, I set up a google
> > mail account - just in case.
> > Because I like to access my accounts from anywhere, I have used web-mail,
> > and all my stuff resides on the web servers.
> >
> > What alternative web servers do the members of HLUG recommend,  and do
> you
> > prefer a local mail client or a non-local mail server ?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Geoff.
> >
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