Why do people like offline email clients like Outlook, Thunderbird, etc?

[her209]

I don't use e-mail.

 

[Vegito]

Originally posted by: ribbon13

Originally posted by: McCarthy
Reason I use OE is because I can use it to access my hotmail - giving me both web access to my mail and a convenient way to access it normally. Of course how much longer MS is going to allow this is my question. They already cut off new accounts from doing this, wouldn't be surprised if they make everyone check through the web later on down the road...at which point hotmail loses it's advantage for me.

I have 150 gmail invites to spare.

send it there...
http://isnoop.net/gmail/?PHPSESSID=901db429517ece01882504e36766f1de

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: mpitts
Exchange server with Outlook on the network and OWA remotely.

:thumbsup:

Same here.

Might I add this is one of the dumbest threads I've read in a while.

 

[nakedfrog]

I was gonna post here, but I think you guys have covered everything. Especially thomsbrain :thumbsup:

 

[madogvt]

lol. tomsbrain answered it.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: Howard
Because it's more convenient.

What makes it more convenient? I see it to be more of an inconvenience.

i have thunderbird chek 8 email accounts at once, doint that with webmail woudl mean i woudl have to go to 8 different places to check my mail

i have TB set to leave all the mail on the server so if im away from home and expecting an email i can stillget it with no issues

also you can set your mail program. outlook/TB/ whatever to leave messages on the server even if its set up as a POP3 mail server

 

[xospec1alk]

I never understood the big deal with gmail. Fact of the matter is, i have unlimited space on my machine and I hate having to log in to several different accounts just to check mail. I never used gmail, hotmail, yahoo...simply because of the fact that i have to login to a separate web site to get that mail.

Once gmail started offering pop, i promptly added it to outlook....

 

[cerebusPu]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
because it's (WAY) faster. because i have unlimited storage. because it integrates my calender and address book and syncs both automatically with my cell phone. because i can view or compose email when i'm not connected to the internet. because my personal email isn't subject to someone else's server failures or company bankruptcy. because my outgoing email doesn't have advertisments stuck on the bottom of it. because i'm not subjected to a million advertisments every time i want to look at my mail. because i can back up every message, folder, contact, appointment, note, etc in ONE file, in a matter of seconds, or restore it all back in an instant. because i can leave it open in the background and it checks all SEVEN of my email addresses every 5 minutes and notifies me with a sound and icon when a message arrives. because it has an easy, quick spell-check. because it has multiple levels of "copy" memory, so i can keep more than one block of text for pasting at a time. because i can attach a file INSTANTLY, and let it do the sending later when i'm finished composing and ready to do something else, instead of having to wait for the upload before i can tell it to send the email. because i can send email from any of my addresses simply by selecting a pull-down menu next to the "send" button. i could probably go on, but i have homework to do.

read that. how can you not like offline clients.

 

[Nikamichi]

There are no stupid questions, only stupid people.

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[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: Stefan
I prefer webmail. I've always got access to all my email.

If I use outlook, I might have an important email on my home PC, but it doesn't do me any good when I can't access it.

So why would anyone prefer offline email?

Use imap

 

[Hammer]

practically unlimited space, speed, and the ability to pull mail from several accounts at once