Comments on: Do You Use a Mail Client, Which One, and Why or Why Not?

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:16:15 +0000

Hmm… I’ve read Google’s TOS for the Google Apps for Domains service we use. I don’t see any clauses that would support “All your private email is sitting on Google servers around the world open to anyone and any government entity to look at.”

Google does aggregate and share non-personal information for sure, but my e-mail isn’t open to anyone in the world. I’m not saying we shouldn’t consider privacy aspects of using this or any other cloud service, but let’s keep it real.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:34:39 +0000

e What emails do you have that is so important that no-one can see this? Yes, Google might give your emails to the government, but for what purpose? They would only do so if there is a reason for that. I, for one, am not scared of loosing my clients to ‘the government’ :).

By: FlyboyArt

FlyboyArt — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:44:17 +0000

Are none of you at all concerned that Google offers Gmail for free so they have (1) no legal obligation to you and more importantly, (2) they can do what they want with all your email. All your private email is sitting on Google servers around the world open to anyone and any government entity to look at. You have no privacy rights whatsoever here. If you are just using Gmail to keep in touch with friends that’s one thing but if you use if for business accounts you’re nuts!

By: xcessi

xcessi — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:50:06 +0000

I was a long time user of MS Outlook, but I recently dumped it for GMAIL.
Gmail’s new offline feature was the final push I needed.

By: Syquus

Syquus — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:44:31 +0000

Rarely I spend half an hour reading blog post comments!but this’ so interesting :)
I started using pop accounts with old versions of Outlook(97 and pre).I used my own mail servers (from qmail to exchange) in order to learn. Tired of differents webmails (propietary or gnu),I moved to gmail on 2004.Its IMO, and by far, the better and well balanced email solution. Currently I delegate all my mailboxes management to Google servers (no diff here if gmail or Google Apps).
ATM I access my accounts with outlook 2007(POP3, leavin mess’ on google servers). Average of 4000 mails (archived doesn’t count) and works like a charm. for 15% of mail checks,I use my Windows mobile 6.1 with IMAP. Sorry.dense post, too late for me!(gmt+2!)

By: CSMR

CSMR — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:08:52 +0000

Phil Lee: that’s an awfully complex set up. Any advantages to doing all that?

Kevin: good pros and cons points. But I’m not sure about performance of Outlook 2007: on my system it’s pretty much instant and even on my dad’s 4+ year old pentium M laptop it takes 2s to load fully from scratch: I wouldn’t say it’s a slow application.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:52:37 +0000

I’m still using Apple’s mail.app, but I’ve made several attempts to just ditch it and go all online. But for some reason I just can’t seem to get myself to it. Although I like the concept of the labels, the long list in the left sidebar are anything but useful to me, as it cuts of names. I, for example, have specific client labels that IMAP shows as folders inside a folder called ‘Clients’, so each label is called ‘Clients/Client Name’. Though GMail shows this like ‘Clients/Clie..’, as the sidebar is not wide enough.. How do you do this? I’d like to keep order in my labels/folderers. I think that’s the biggest reason why I didn’t go all online yet.

By: Phil Lee

Phil Lee — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:32:48 +0000

I use Outlook 2007 at work to access our Exchange server. I use a Hosted Exchange service for my personal email. When I’m at home I use mail.app on my iMac and MacBook to access the Exchange server. This took a bit of trial and error to set up but has been working well for the last 2 months. On my work PC I access this via Outlook Web Access using Firefox with the IE Tab add-on or use my MacBook. When I’m out and about I have a T-Mobile MDA Vario III setup for push email. I also have Outlook 2007 configured in a Fusion virtual PC if I really need to access the full functionality of Exchange on either my iMac or MacBook.

I also use a couple of tools to keep Exchange, Mac and phone in sync. I use BusySync to sync iCal with my Google calendars. I have GooSync on my phone which also syncs with Google. The phone automatically syncs with the Exchange server so I have access to my calendars on all patforms at all times. Finally I use the free version of SyncMate to sync contacts between my Macs and phone.

By: Miles M

Miles M — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:11:05 +0000

Forgot to include in my response above: I installed Google Calendar sync app — it syncs Outlook calendar (but not contacts) with Google Calendar. Entries to Outlook calendar at work appear on my dumbphone, and at home. It is a good alternative to Google Sync, which does not work with non-Smartphone.

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:39:49 +0000

I use Apple Mail as my personal mail email client, never seen a need to change from it really and it works great and manages multiple accounts really well, but… At work it has to be Outlook and the 2007 release is a big part of my life because of the calendar tie-in etc.