On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 10:25, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On 12/10/05, Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > There would be no problem if I read from the web interface, but I hate reading > > mail that way, and prefer to have an archive in one place (actually, multiple > > places) of my mail. I keep an archive on at least three different machines, > > and often search the mail for posts that I read on some problem that didn't > > pertain to me at the time, but am currently running into. > > Perhaps it's time to re-evaluate how you use email. ;-) The entire > point of Gmail is "read anywhere, search your email easily, never > worry about losing it." That was the point of IMAP when it was invented long ago. The point of gmail is to display ads targeted to you while you use their web interface. > You seem to be doing an awful lot of work to > avoid enjoying any of the benefits Gmail was setup to provide. This > is akin to buying a house and never moving in, living out of your car > instead, but not renting the place out, either. If you don't like using the web interface, you can configure gmail to allow pop access - and it can still retain a copy so even if you delete as you read the downloaded version you can still go back and search with the web interface. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
