emails containing medical records or patient information can not be stored in the cloud. it is a federal guideline violation here in the states. so even if we have a web mail server we still POP the email down to a local exchange or zimbra server.
thats just one example On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Markus A. Wipfler <[email protected] > wrote: > i know many people are still using POP3. Many people still use windows NT, > or windows XP. > > My question is (or should have been) WHY ? > > With online storage becoming more available (at zero cost) you could have > easily kept your 1 GB worth of mails in the cloud. > > Tomorrow your hard disk crashes, or you need to access your mail from > somewhere and you don't have your laptop / phone, what do you do ? > > > > Regards, > > -- > Markus > > On Oct 27, 2010, at 9:36 PM, Stephen S. Musoke wrote: > > > Markus, > > > > Actually very many people including myself use POP3. Trying doing an IMAP > > synchronization is 20K emails in your mailbox and one of the links in > Uganda > > (I just divorced my ISP of 10 years because of performance). > > > > IN my case, I have to keep a copy of each email that is sent to a client, > > and I have been doing so since 2006, so I have ended up with a ~1GB > Outlook > > PST per year. > > > > POP3 has its issues, but it gets the work done > > > > Stephen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Markus A. Wipfler [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 6:36 PM > > To: [email protected]; Linux Users Group Uganda > > Subject: Re: [LUG] dumb software: yahoo mail > > > > Nothing wrong with POP3. It works. IMAP has more features and am quite > sure > > it is supported by your mail user agent, so why not just use it? Oh wait > > perhaps Yahoo doesn't provide free IMAP service? That is the only reason > I > > could think of why you would be popping instead of imapping. ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Markus > > > > On Oct 27, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Kizito Thomas wrote: > > > >> I do and it serves me the purpose! What is wrong with it!? > >> It has advantages and disadvantages, but to me the advantages out-weigh > >> the disadvantages! > >> > >> > > > ............................................................................ > > .................................................................... > >> Seat of Wisdom .............Pray for us > >> Cause of our Joy ...........Pray for us > >> .................................................. > >> Kizito Thomas > >> +256-712-929564 > >> +256-782-062708 > >> > >> On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 16:13 +0300, Markus A. Wipfler wrote: > >>> Hmmm, at 1 point yahoo charged you for popping mails. I don't use > yahoo > > mail myself but I remember people complaining about an annual fee. I > guess > > they removed it when they realized how dumb that was (and also they saw > > other players offering the service for free). > >>> :) > >>> > >>> BTW who still uses POP3???? > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Markus > >>> > >>> On Oct 27, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Timothy Kiwagama wrote: > >>> > >>>> Markus, > >>>> I have pop3 access to my yahoo mail account and I have never been > > charged a cent > >>>> > >>>> Timothy > >>>> > >>>> On 10/26/2010 8:07 PM, Markus A. Wipfler wrote: > >>>>> More dumb(erer) is the fact that yahoo charges for basic services > such > > as mail forwarding or POP3 access. Not even Micro$oft does such nonsense. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Markus > >>>>> > >>>>> On Oct 26, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Mugarura Cavin wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Lug, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> i now know why some companies collapse, > >>>>>> yahoo used to be one of the biggest mail providers, and now, if it > > collapses, i will not mourn, (i will open a bottle of sparkling water) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> they have this dumb feature, you are trying to send mail, to an > > address, then the foolish yahoo mailer asks you to verify if you are a > > person, they put in place some lousy captcha > >>>>>> all in an effort of fighting unsolicited mail. 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