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Desktop or web-based email?
Mark J. Reeves | Dec 9 2007
After getting used to Gmail 3 years ago, I swore I'd stick to web-based email. With IMAP now available, I set it up last week in Apple's Mail client on my desktop to integrate better with offline storage, emailing links, etc, and found myself changing my ways. It wasn't easy: The initial download took forever and I had to work at getting Apple's Junk Filters to cooperate. (I.e., still work on the 2 POP accounts I check in Mail while leaving Gmail's already filtered mail alone). I'm a convert. I used to open a browser window with three tabs: Google homepage, RSS, and Gmail and check it throughout the day. Now I'm in Mail only when I need to be, and ignore RSS and news until it occurs to me to catch up. I did really like the Gmail interface, with conversations, shortcuts, etc, but I've been trying to make Safari my full-time browser and it wasn't playing nice. I've found a surge of productivity by sticking to the desktop. How do others find web-based vs. desktop email to impact their productivity? 55 Comments
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 Mail and IMAPSubmitted by houltmac on December 10, 2007 - 11:27am.
I am a massive fan of Apple Mail and use it exclusively with IMAP email accounts. I have a few set up and love the functionality of a single inbox (using Inbox Zero) etc. but multiple address/signatures etc. I also love the search functionality of a desktop application with the additional fun that Spotlight can bring. Being able to use the integration of a desktop application with the portability of IMAP (for my notebook and my iPhone) is just awesome. Of course, I still have web-based email (my IMAP accounts also come with web interfaces) for when I get totally stuck without a battery. This blend of syncing, desktop application power and cloud-based services is just as perfect as Jobs, Yang and Schmidt have put forth in the past. This is one truly, awesomely powerful mix. » POSTED IN:
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