From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 14 01:45:07 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 00C5E16A401 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:45:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89FF213C471 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:45:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from epia-2.farid-hajji.net (epia-2 [192.168.254.11]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19AB8DF335; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:43:56 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:46:56 +0100 From: cpghost To: Ted Mittelstaedt Message-ID: <20070214014656.GB52462@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> References: <20070212165256.722C.GERARD@seibercom.net> <000f01c74f35$a844f160$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000f01c74f35$a844f160$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: User Questions 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 01:45:07 -0000 On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 10:10:27PM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > 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'd gladly pay a reasonable registration fee to try them out (should they ever add the option to authenticate via credit card to register). If I don't like it then, I'll stick with my own server. For now, and it's just me, Gmail sucks from a distance... ;-) > Ted -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/