[OT] Pros and Cons of Gmail [WAS] Re: Lenny: which arch for a Intel Core 2 Duo?

On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:23:55 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On 01/09/09 01:35, Celejar wrote:
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 23:31:23 -0800
"Kelly Clowers" <kelly.clowers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

Personally, I don't see a reason to use gmail if you
don't use the web interface.

A decent free email provider, POP / IMAP, more than seven GB of
storage, and one can be pretty sure that they'll be there tomorrow.

Because the company's whole reason for being is data mining.

I don't deny that there is a very good reason *not* to use Gmail. I do
often feel a bit queasy for using it, and I sometimes contemplate
switching. My point was merely a retort to the OP's comment that he
"[doesn't] see a reason to use gmail if you don't use the web
interface." He obviously isn't concerned the privacy issue you
mention, and he does indeed use Gmail.

Ron Johnson, Jr.

Celejar
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