> > That's why these "web mail" solutions are a step backward: client cycles
> > are cheaper than server cycles, and yet web mail solutions eat up server
> > cycles.
>
> true true, hence my question. what if IMAP were universally available and
> all PC's a user could probably use, have an IMAP client?
>
> do more people use web mail for a "personal" address, or to address the
> portability/"cybercafe" issue?
>
to address the travelling professor issue. if a prof or instructor from
the ateneo travels on a conference or goes abroad to study he/she would
want to check his/her email from that location. webmail enables these
people to check their mail anywhere with an internet connection and a web
browser.
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