fj12ryder
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An online e-mail client is not very practical for someone who just wants to sign on to his dial-up, and read his mail after it's downloaded, and log back off. These people exist believe it or not, I have a neighbor that does that. Also someone who is very cautious about his downloaded data amounts may not want to have to load up his browser just to read his e-mail.
Personally I prefer my e-mail client, The Bat, over Hotmail, Gmail, or Yahoo mail. I'm on cable and speed isn't an issue, I just don't particularly care for the looks of them. And if I need an older e-mail I don't have to worry that it may have been "lost" in cyberspace.
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vermilye
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Some other reasons for a local email client:
If you have your own domain name, you may want to use it as your email address.
Some email clients provide excellent filtering -ie Apple's mail program.
You may want to avoid the advertising built into most web based mail programs.
And for many of us it is just habit from using local mail systems because you have been emailing prior to any web based systems.
I have to admit that using a web based email client has one big advantage - if you travel you can send mail from anywhere. Rarely true using a local mail client...
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Dutch_12078
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I open Thunderbird and it automatically downloads my mail from eleven accounts on seven servers, with no other action needed on my part. Why would I want to jump all over the place logging into different accounts just to check my mail?
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jharrelson
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Hi Ben,
With my Juno platinum email account... All emails are downloaded onto my computer and I can come back later and read them while "Off-line".. if I'm too busy to read them right then.
and of course I can compose while off-line also..
If I want to save an incoming email to a folder... I simply click on "Move to Folder" and choose which folder I want...
or I can create a new folder and move the email there with just one click.
and you're right about the old days of emailing.. back in the late 1980's Juno was just starting up and the only thing they could do was send and receive simple text messages ... but what the heck it was free.. 
I've been with Juno so long that I'm one of only a handful who have a 4 digit password.. everything else has gone to 6, 8, and even longer passwords ..
The times .. they are achanging..
John
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The story goes that a man died and was approached by the Devil who told him that he could buy his soul back for a dollar. The man searched his pockets and could only come up with 98 cent. While begging the Devil to forget the two cent he was short, an Angel happened by and hearing the Devil laughing, asked the man, "Would you mind if I put in my two cents ?" The Devil got so mad that he exploded in a puff of smoke and the man's soul was saved.
The moral: Sometimes putting in your two cents worth makes a difference.
JOHN "the cook" 1997
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2oldman
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Windows Mail is what's on my Vista computer. Never use it.
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mtdew999
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My outlook is configured to dump emails from several accounts (hotmail, netzero, and from my own domain, plus a couple more) into one inbox, allows me to send mail from all the above using a common address book, allows me to work with all my different email addresses offline, and does it without having to go to several different websites. It really is a time saver.
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MrWizard
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email programs Existed before web mail
email programs let you spend a couple of minutes to DL or send your eamil and do the reading and composing OFF line, then connect to send them out
email programs offer more options for the way your email looks and lets you embed pictures or documents in the email to be viewed wen opening with out using attachments
an email with pictures that is composed off line then sent will typically take less time to send that one being composed on line and each picture attached
in some cases opening an email offline , lessen's the risk of viral infection thru malicious code Downloading malware from a website, ( if you have an always on connection you never turn off, problems can still occur ) opening attachments can be a risk offline as well as online
Options, always have options, and the journey goes much smoother
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Gene&Ginny
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jharrelson wrote:... With my Juno platinum email account... All emails are downloaded onto my computer and I can come back later and read them while "Off-line".. ... It looks like you are using an "EEP" or client based email if you are downloading to your computer.
Some people prefer Browser based mail and some prefer a client based mail (Outlook, Outlook Express, Bat .... etc.)
Whatever "floats your boat" and works for you is the way to go.
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strollin
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Gene&Ginny wrote:...
Whatever "floats your boat" and works for you is the way to go.
Exactly. I started out using email clients in the early 80's but once web based email came about, I switched and never looked back. I love the fact that my email address never changes even if I switch ISPs and love the fact that I can access my email from any device with a browser.
I've been a Hotmail user for more than 10 years and have emails stored on their server that are that old (no need for me to store them locally). I once tried to access one of the older emails but got an error instead. I sent an email to Hotmail support and the next day I was able to open that email.
I've never had the desire or need to read and reply to emails off-line so that isn't a plus for me.
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1492
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jharrelson wrote:
I currently have email accounts with Juno, Google, Net Zero, AT&T and Yahoo ..... and in the past I have used AOL, Bell South, Netscape and a couple of others I can't remember off hand ...
Couldn't think of a better reason to use an email client such as Outlook or in my case Thunderbird for just such a purpose! I'm assuming you are referring to the advantages of using an email client versus webmail? I too have email accounts with Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, and multiple domain name email accounts. Couldn't imagine wasting my time manually logging into each separate webmail account to check/compose my email, when an email client will manage all those functions automatically. And do so much faster! As an email manager, you can configure them to your particular requirements. One example, using IMAP protocal which keeps a constant connection open to the email server, I get new email downloaded the instant it's received, while a copy is kept on the server. I have complete access to all my emails on my computer offline. But can still access and download the same copies of emails stored on the server on any other computer, anywhere. The client handles those functions automatically. With webmail, I'd have to manually download copies to my computer if I wanted them offline. A tedious process with multiple email accounts. Another function you can setup is to have all emails from multiple accounts delivered to one folder. That way you don't have to open the inbox for each account to view emails, yet you can still respond to any email using any of your email accounts. You can't typically do that using webmail accounts, not even by forwarding.
Plus, email clients are typically used for more than just email managers. They also function as personal organizers. In my case, I use Thunderbird along with Lightning add-on which adds a calendar function similar to Outlook. Now using one program, I can manage my email, keep multiple contact lists, multiple event calendars, and a complete task to-do lists. Using a free Gmail account adds a powerful syncing and online backup tool. For instance, if I buy a new computer, I don't have to manually add or use a separate utility to update my calendar and contacts to match my old computer, or any of my other computers. Just install a free copy of Thunderbird with Lightning and a Gmail contacts add-on, and Thunderbird automatically logs in to your Gmail account at startup, and downloads all calendar events and contact lists to match my other computers.
So add/edit/delete a contact or event to your calendar from "any" of your computers, either from Thunderbird or even from Webmail, and all your other computers automatically reflect the updates when they next log on through the net. Gmail will also sync and backup any changes to the built in calendars and contacts from many PDAs(iPod Touch) and most mobile smart phones including Blackberry, iPhone, Windows Media, or Java based phones. In fact, I only make calendar/contact changes directly in Thunderbird, my PDA, or my phone, and never actually use Gmail's online Calendar directly, just use it as a background sync tool. I can't tell you how this has saved me on multiple occasions where I forgot to check my desktop Calendar, but a popup alert on my PDA reminded me of an upcoming appointment. Plus, as a secondary reminder, I have Gmail automatically send me a daily email summary of all my scheduled events for that day. Particularly handy since I have a habit of looking at my emails first, and sometimes forget to check my calendar first thing in the morning. Best part is that all the software and services you need to do this are Free!
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