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Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:14:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> <62d10000-e068-922e-23bd-f7a61e7a4e89@anatoli.ws> <6a4f6a15-ec43-03f6-1a41-a109e445f026@anatoli.ws> <00225a04-237d-9051-9aea-12c192106a20@anatoli.ws> <373EDB20-C750-42E2-A41B-EA61F6E49807@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20200609120136.00005b3c@seibercom.net> <2393a1e0-b073-950a-78be-9f57d8e9934b@anatoli.ws> <20200610063555.00003707@seibercom.net> <82F57D0D-E0EC-49F7-824E-20A296C9F549@kicp.uchicago.edu> <250b853a-b436-0e99-b05c-9abd6b6019ef@panix.com> <20200610163245.00000445@seibercom.net> <2ec5927b-26c6-e691-0081-ca72d2c84179@boxsci.com> <20200611141038.0a068ec2@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: From: Michael Schuster Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:14:28 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Mailing List Etiquette was freebsd vs. netbsd To: Aryeh Friedman Cc: freeBSD Mailing List X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49jS830jxSz3Zm9 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=Tb0un2yQ; 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RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.33 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:14:44 -0000 On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 17:02 Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:49 AM Michael Schuster < > michaelsprivate@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 15:21 Aryeh Friedman >> wrote: >> >> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:11 AM RW via freebsd-questions < >> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: >> > >> > > You can use gmail with a separate email client if you like. The >> > > servers support pop/imap/smtp. >> > > >> > >> > >> > Case in point I use gmail not because of its ease of use per se (even >> > though it is better then most standalone MUA's) I use it because it is >> an >> > off-site backup of years worth of correspondence that is too valuable to >> > worry about losing in a hardware failure. >> > >> >> You can configure most email clients to leave messages on the server... >> > > Why make a system with many moving parts one I can make one just as good > with one moving part? I think in some areas this would be called > complicating the crap out of an ant hill. I really think most people if > given the option (and equal functionality) would go for the fewest moving > parts (given Murphy that is). For what I need and want gmail has all the > functionality I want so why add complexity when none is needed? > If it works for you, that's fine. For others, something else may work better. I don't believe this is a "one size fits all" situation. Cheers Michael