On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I for one use GMail for my email needs, and I'm as far from an e-mail noob > as you can get (started with Delphi on-line service in the late 1980s, then > moved to FidoNet style echomail boards, then moved to CompuServe, then to > pop-3 email, then to IMAP, and now I use web based GMail almost exclusively. > GMail serves me (and I guess most other people) because: > 1. It allows to access my account from anywhere (any machine on my LAN). > 2. I don't have to deal with local email backups (yes, I'm putting a lot of > faith in the cloud, albeit making a local backup is on my to-do list) > 3. I don't have to delete e-mail (I'm a data hoarder, I have every e-mail > received/sent from 2004 to this date, and it serves me well for research > purposes, often more than not, the answer is already in my GMail account) > 4. I pay Google for additional storage And with one account, you have entire Google from Youtube to Plus etc..etc...Google s the greatest search engine! This is fair enough to use Gmail even when one or two downsides exist. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
