From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 14 13:56:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFE5416A400 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:56:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88AFF13C46B for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:56:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m19so709082nfc for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:56:53 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=tkp1p4sZMmIJfAb+Py/fy0MK5TAJpQSl5LhjKbCwwKw97KdlUaxAaDopUK0/KSa91AuUl7pL08cp6KsIUfMNKADQA11zTeiAzXQpdALvsH3w+zDCvtVYAgRkEks+eO2agtU1za4lHVUIlsi2icB6siblC9Zj23aL+yZqqvtHm8o= Received: by 10.82.175.2 with SMTP id x2mr723584bue.1171461413273; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:56:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.178.10 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:56:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8a0028260702140556y68c1b3c7ted537f5927657909@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:56:52 +0000 From: "Jeff Rollin" To: "User Questions" In-Reply-To: <000f01c74f35$a844f160$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20070212163116.7219.GERARD@seibercom.net> <8a0028260702121345p3a89084co1787fcfb571a2708@mail.gmail.com> <20070212165256.722C.GERARD@seibercom.net> <000f01c74f35$a844f160$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: GMail [and other free email] and these lists? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:56:55 -0000 On 13/02/07, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerard Seibert" > To: "User Questions" > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 2:16 PM > Subject: Re: GMail [and other free email] and these lists? > > > > On Monday February 12, 2007 at 04:45:44 (PM) Jeff Rollin wrote: > > > > > > > In what way does Gmail suck? > > > > 1) No White Listing > > 2) No configurable SPAM Filtering > > 3) Bcc doesn't work > > 4) 500 message a day limit. > > 5) No PGP or S/MIME support > > 6) No able to 'Forward as Attachment' > > 7) Doesn't handle 'sig delimiter' > > 8) No ability to create or sort to folders. > > 9) No IMAP support > > 10. Is routinely blacklisted by SORBS, among other blacklisting > services. > > > > The list just goes on and on. Get on the GMail discussion list and see > > what some of it's users have to say about it. It is good enough for > > someone who's greatest need is writing to Grandma, but that is about it. > > > > Hey, gmail rocks, I use it as a test mail account all of the time. Not > for > production of course, but for sending test messages there's nothing wrong > with it. ;-) > > Could anyone speculate as to why a user on gmail would have the nerve to > bitch about the service? They are getting what they paid for, after all! > ;-) > > > I will agree that some of these features (or lack of them) are annoying, however Gmail does have the advantage of being accessible from wherever I am, and being a whole heck of a lot faster than my ISP's Netmail service, for example. I haven't yet found the perfect email service/client, though. Maybe I should post here when I do! Jeff