Comments on: Email has become Snail Mail http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/ Internet Marketing for those who care about Internet Marketing Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:37:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Saman Sadeghi http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/#comment-14580 Saman Sadeghi Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:43:14 +0000 http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/#comment-14580 Guys, Check out IMAP. I have all of my email accounts (including GMail) set up as IMAP and not POP3. This way, regardless of my OS (Linux, Windows, Flash Drive) or client (Thunderbird, Mail, Evolution) I have the latest info. IMAP will reflect any changes on the server (and not just the clients). If you create a folder, move a message or even read/reply to a message, that change is made at the server level. That means that, if you check your mail at work (say, XP & Outlook) each account will be updated so when you get home (OSX & Mail) read messages will be marked as so! Best of all, use a flash drive (encrypt it with TrueCrypt) and set up portable Thunderbird so you can travel with your mail! If you're at your mom's house or the library, messages will still be updated!!!! Check it out, you will thank me! Guys,

Check out IMAP. I have all of my email accounts (including GMail) set up as IMAP and not POP3. This way, regardless of my OS (Linux, Windows, Flash Drive) or client (Thunderbird, Mail, Evolution) I have the latest info.

IMAP will reflect any changes on the server (and not just the clients). If you create a folder, move a message or even read/reply to a message, that change is made at the server level. That means that, if you check your mail at work (say, XP & Outlook) each account will be updated so when you get home (OSX & Mail) read messages will be marked as so!

Best of all, use a flash drive (encrypt it with TrueCrypt) and set up portable Thunderbird so you can travel with your mail! If you’re at your mom’s house or the library, messages will still be updated!!!!

Check it out, you will thank me!

]]> By: Bob Walton http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/#comment-13690 Bob Walton Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:41:15 +0000 http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/#comment-13690 It indeed is a problem, especially with all the spam out there clogging up cyberspace. I tend to stick to just a couple of accounts and forward the rest to those accounts to help keep things manageable. That way I only log into secondary accounts when it is absolutely necessary. It indeed is a problem, especially with all the spam out there clogging up cyberspace. I tend to stick to just a couple of accounts and forward the rest to those accounts to help keep things manageable. That way I only log into secondary accounts when it is absolutely necessary.

]]> By: Julie, writer surefirewealth.com http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/#comment-13585 Julie, writer surefirewealth.com Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:20:50 +0000 http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/#comment-13585 When I first read the title of your post, I thought you were looking at email from another angle. I thought that email had become too slow for your liking. A lot of us live in a faster-paced world now with things like twitter and all those other add-ons on blogs. About gmail, I didn't realize that it processed mail slowly. the reason why I opened a gmail account is because someone told me that attachment was quick and that you get to send and receive messages on time. Anyway, I'm fairly new to gmail so I guess I'll just have to wait and observe. When I first read the title of your post, I thought you were looking at email from another angle. I thought that email had become too slow for your liking. A lot of us live in a faster-paced world now with things like twitter and all those other add-ons on blogs. About gmail, I didn’t realize that it processed mail slowly. the reason why I opened a gmail account is because someone told me that attachment was quick and that you get to send and receive messages on time. Anyway, I’m fairly new to gmail so I guess I’ll just have to wait and observe.

]]> By: Derek http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/#comment-13275 Derek Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:35:40 +0000 http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/#comment-13275 One thing I had briefly experimented with was to use a portable version of Thunderbird on a thumb drive. I went back to my current web-based mail clients because I was having issues with Thunderbird being blocked by the firewall at work. One thing I had briefly experimented with was to use a portable version of Thunderbird on a thumb drive. I went back to my current web-based mail clients because I was having issues with Thunderbird being blocked by the firewall at work.

]]> By: Jeff Kee http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/#comment-13211 Jeff Kee Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:14:03 +0000 http://www.mrgarylee.com/email-has-become-snail-mail/#comment-13211 I only use POP3 emails straight through my servers. I don't have a gmail acct, and I still have a hotmail acct only for personal stuff. ALL of my emails are in mail.app, with the option turned ON to leave copies on the server in case I need web-based access. I only use POP3 emails straight through my servers. I don’t have a gmail acct, and I still have a hotmail acct only for personal stuff. ALL of my emails are in mail.app, with the option turned ON to leave copies on the server in case I need web-based access.

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