OT: which to use - email client or web-based email?

Young tuxman at knology.net
Tue Jun 10 21:38:01 UTC 2008


David Fox wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Default User <xyzzyx at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> considered the possibility of using a web-based email service (Hotmail,
>> Yahoo, Gmail, etc.), either in addition to or instead of a traditional
>> email client.
> 
> I've used gmail for about a year. Offhand, I much prefer doing my own
> mail with a mail.client, but gmail isn't that bad.
> 
> Stay clear of yahoo and hotmail. Those services are there mostly to
> say "here spammers I have an email box".
> 
How are the ads on Gmail? Do you notice them tracking the topics in your 
email?

If someone writes to you about your medical problems, do you start to 
see adds for related products?




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