MYPERDATA

Anders Bergh anders at andersman.org
Sun Apr 8 13:38:41 PDT 2007


Gmail can actually be set up to receive mail from POP3 servers, which
is pretty useful :)

On 4/8/07, Dave <Dave_member at pathlink.com> wrote:
> Anders Bergh wrote:
> > Yes, you can use POP3/SMTP. I used to do so, but I really like the web
> > interface :-)
> >
>
> Thanks - the reason for not using the web interface is because I like everything in one 'instance'.
> I have 4 email addresses for various things right now, a bunch of newsgroups, plus I need a calendar
> application and some sort of unified contact manager. Otherwise I end up have a bunch of browser
> tabs open, all using a different web client, and a newsreader, and a calendar application, and a
> separate address book, etc.
>
> BTW - Anyone know how well Outlook 2007 handles newsgroups? The Outlook 2000 (which I have) doesn't
> do newsgroups intrinsically (I know, it's MS but I can justify the cost in about 1 week of normal
> usage - pretty good ROI).
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Dave
>
> > On 4/6/07, Dave <Dave_member at pathlink.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hmmm... Is the GMail spam filter that good? If so, awesome. I'd never
> >> heard of that prior to this.
> >>
> >> BTW - Can I use GMail with my favorite 'fat' email client?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> - Dave
> >>
> >> Anders Bergh wrote:
> >> > I'm on GMail so spam is not an issue for me. Spam bots, I challenge
> >> > you: anders1 at gmail.com.
> >> >
> >> > On 4/6/07, Georg Wrede <georg at nospam.org> wrote:
> >> >> For several separate reasons, I have decided to publish my contact
> >> >> xxyxxxx information here. (The x's are just to con robots.) I imagine
> >> >> that publishing it thusly will be obvious to all of you, and still
> >> >> unavailable to trivial robots, so here goes:
> >> >>
> >> >> me: Georg Wrede                 // name, or my average signature...
> >> >> write: georg.wrede
> >> >> after the funny a,
> >> >> [possibly several parts here]
> >> >> part 1: iki
> >> >> part 0: fi
> >> >>
> >> >> Can't figure it out? Too bad. Then you're either a robot, or not
> >> worthy
> >> >> of reading this NG in the first place.  <smiley of condescending
> >> >> distaste and aggression>
> >> >>
> >> >> ---
> >> >>
> >> >> I challenge you to reply to this with yours.
> >> >>
> >> >> For all of us, saving these would be appropriate, right.
> >> >>
> >> >> ---
> >> >>
> >> >> Ah, and thinking a bit more on this, let's agree on that whenever we
> >> >> unexpectedly mail each other we'll put the magic letters 'DMD' at the
> >> >> beginning of the Subject!
> >> >>
> >> >> "DMD Wow, I loved your last post about arrays of references to
> >> indirect
> >> >> addresses of AAs sorted by bovine dung!"
> >> >>
> >> >> This way the post will pass my junk-mail filter, "and that's not all!"
> >> >> It'll get priority treatment when visually browsing through the new
> >> >> headers.
> >> >>
> >> >> DMD here stands for Digital Mars D language, not for the DMD
> >> compiler as
> >> >> opposed to GDC or whatever. (Do I really have to spell this out?)
> >> >>
> >> >> ---
> >> >>
> >> >> At first I had a reasonable heading to this post, but then I got the
> >> >> idea that we'll need to do this every 6 to 12 months anyway, so a
> >> stupid
> >> >> but unforgettable heading would be apropriate, so, the first guy after
> >> >> the "6 months" ought to create a new thread with the same heading.
> >> (And
> >> >> even forgetting this particular header, simply searching for
> >> single-word
> >> >> all-caps headers gets you a long way.)
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>


-- 
Anders



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