Honetly gmail has some advantages in this as a central collection point then useing its imap to connect your email client
Best of both of these I think ? On 4/9/09, Charles Jones <charles.jo...@ciscolearning.org> wrote: > Eric Shubert wrote: >> Craig White wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 17:20 -0700, Jim March wrote: >>> >>>> When I mean "big", I mean out past 2gig in a matter of a few days. I >>>> have somebody who wants to convert who is likely THE biggest EMail >>>> volume user that anybody's ever seen. And somebody literally famous >>>> enough that if she jumps to Linux, the news will make Digg and Reddit >>>> in a matter of days. >>>> >>>> She also need to deal with multiple accounts. She's on Outlook now. >>>> I'll almost certainly be her them to Ubuntu Intrepid, although Jaunty >>>> in beta is looking SO good right now... >>>> >>>> Anyways. Suggestions welcome. I know for a fact she'll overload >>>> Thunderbird if we try that! Would the latest Evolution work, or >>>> should I be thinking of a text-based reader, or...??? >>>> >>> ---- >>> Evolution looks/feels like Outlook which may provide comfort. I have >>> used it for many years and I'm comfortable with it and I am on a lot of >>> mail lists and often get 1000+ e-mails a day. >>> >>> I find that less important than the actual e-mail program used is how >>> e-mail is stored because if you have a LOT of e-mail, local stores of >>> POP3 account e-mail in mbox can really drag down the performance and >>> make it hard to move from program to program. >>> >>> I know some will think this is overkill but I think that the only way to >>> go is to run your own IMAP server, use fetchmail or getmail to retrieve >>> e-mail from various accounts if you have to and use dovecot or >>> cyrus-imapd to provide IMAP to mail clients. This way, you can use >>> whatever mail program you want or try them all and from various >>> computers and your mail is already marked read/replied to/deleted etc. >>> >>> Once a serious e-mail user catches on to the value of having your own >>> IMAP server, they will never give it up. >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> PS Dovecot and cyrus-imapd use similar but different 'Maildir' format to >>> store mail (never use mbox). >>> >>> >>> >> >> I whole heartedly agree. Having your own IMAP server is great. I believe >> that's a more important/significant decision than which client to use. >> >> P.S. I expect Personal Servers to be more and more common in the coming >> years. Why wait? Build your own today! >> > I know this probably sounds like a commercial for Google, but you can > easily setup a gmail account to fetch mail from other mailboxes, and > then use the gmail web interface as well as access gmail via IMAP. That > way if there is a 2GB inbox and your IMAP client is choking on it, you > can just use the gmail web interface to go in and deleted stuff, and > also take advantage of gmails excellent spam filtering. > > That being said, my line of thinking is that someone who has never used > linux before, is in no way ready to setup and run their own IMAP server, > spamassasin, etc. Its certainly good to learn those things, but I have > seen hardcore MS users get the "deer in the headlights" look just from > seeing a bash prompt. You don't want to scare her away with a steep > learning curve. Even if you set it all up for her, just the perceived > complexity and lack of understanding of whats running the backend can > make it seem daunting to a newbie. > > If you are prepared to setup everything for her and be her support > person 24/7 and all she knows is "I click this icon and I am supposed to > see my email", then I wish you luck and success. > > -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
