I agree. But why get bogged down with a lot of local client issues with an email acct that is dedicated to lists? Gmail is the bomb for lists; it automates a lot of stuff that is a hassle and/or impossible to set up otherwise. Marc On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:41:55 -0600, David Hoffman <dhoffman2004@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:34:53 -0800 (PST), Joel Jaeggli > <joelja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, David Hoffman wrote: > > > > their viral marketing effort has probably run out of steam. I suspect that > > the novelty of having 1GB of mail storage has probably worn off and the > > early adopters who have access to reasonable mail accounts elsewhere have > > gone back to them. > > > > I'm not so sure that has much to do with it. Sure I have e-mail > accounts at other web-based mail providers, and while they all are > trying to compete by allowing more and more storage space, I really > like the way Gmail does several things. > > I like how they automatically group threaded messages into > conversations, I like the way their filters work, and how easy they > are to set up, and I like that I don't have to pay extra to have my > mail forwarded to another account, or to have POP access. > > That being said, this is not a gmail forum, it's for Fedora, so please > don't take my comments to mean "lets start a huge flame thread about > mail and news readers" or "my mail/news reader is better than yours". > The intentions of the original poster were to offer up invites for > anyone who wanted them. That was cool, and would certainly be > appreciated some people. > > -- > > David > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, > those who understand binary, and those who don't. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
