Re: [Nolug] Gmail on your Desktop..

From: -ray <ray_at_ops.selu.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:50:58 -0500 (CDT)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0807071242030.13027@romulus.csd.selu.edu>

On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, Ron Johnson wrote:

> Don't know about Hotmail, but when last I used Yahoo, it had
> folders. There's no other way to organize multiple mailing lists.

Nonsense... I organize many mailing lists in gmail. You create the filter
to say skip the INBOX and file directly to this label.

> But because that's impossible in Gmail, people give up. And FOSS
> newbies don't know that there's a better way to organize data.

Agreed... i felt the same. However once you let go of the "but i *need*
folders" mentality, gmail labels are actually easier and more efficient
than folders.

To take that a step further, I spoke to a Google guy at Educause last
year. He said he doesn't even bother organizing into labels anymore...
whenever he needs something he just searches for it. If the search is
good enough to always find what you need, why waste time trying to
organize it?

Agree with Shannon... IMO gmail is the best free email out there.

ray

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IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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