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On 27/06/13 19:36, Simon Avery wrote: > And that is email. Anything that allows a user to use a protocol or > system is a client. I'm using gmail's web interface right now, and it > sure looks like a mail client to me. I also use gmail as an imap base, > and a spam filtering service, and a whole lot of other stuff. I'm on > some extremely high volume mailing lists and with some basic > filtering, it's all presented very manageably. That sounds like a mail > client to me, matey! The fact that it comes for free, with effectively > limitless space, makes life easy. I don't need to micro-manage my > personal email like I do work's. To say gmail isn't an email client is > like saying water isn't wet. You could probably pull some statistics > and worthy research out of the hat to prove your case, but the rest of > the world will be tutting and making circular motions around their ear... So how would you two guys classify telneting port 25 and issuing EHLO localhost? Email client or not? I have no dog in this fight, I think you both make some good points. Just curious. Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq