D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] Mail questions

 

On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 12:54:36PM +0100, Jonathan Roberts wrote:
> > On the subject of email, can you not top-post please?  It's a pain in
> > the bum to figure out which comments you're answering :) (also bad
> > netiquette).
> 
> Sorry about the top-posting; I'll take note of that in the future! (I
> assume this is what you meant?)
> 
> So, having established that there are benefits to using a desktop mail
> client, which ones do people recommend?
> 
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
www.mutt.org

> Also, stinga said:
> 
> >> Certainly
> >> with the web based system I can get access to my mail from anywhere
> >> which to my mind is a huge benefit!
> 
> >I can do that with my email which is at home.
> 
> Everyone who's said that they can do that with their e-mail which is
> at home, even with ssh does your computer not have to be running all
> the time?! I know from the software point of view this is not an issue
> but from the point of view of electricity cost it's a problem! (Not to
> mention the questionable effect on the environment)

Yes, but then I have a low power computer see www.mini-itx.com or
www.cheeplinux.co.uk.


--
Henry
Fri Oct 20 13:13:02 BST 2006

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature

-- 
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list
FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html