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Why use an Email client?
Just curious why some people still use Email clients like Outlook.
I personally use GoDaddy's Webmail and I find it packed with so many features I couldn't imagine anything else I'd need to be supplied from a client.
I mean, you can even set the intervals between the times it checks for mail itself.
And you can also set an audio clip as a sound alert for when new mail comes in. So you don't have to keep checking back.
I personally use GoDaddy's Webmail and I find it packed with so many features I couldn't imagine anything else I'd need to be supplied from a client.
I mean, you can even set the intervals between the times it checks for mail itself.
And you can also set an audio clip as a sound alert for when new mail comes in. So you don't have to keep checking back.
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Permalink Reply by Darren on -
In what way if you don't mind me asking?
E.g. with GoDaddy Webmail, you can sort everything into folder, sub-folders, sub-sub-folders, etc.
And you can drag and drop messages from folder to folder, inbox to folder, etc.
It also remembers where you put messages from specific senders.
E.g. If I get a mail from Geeks, then I click Move to -> Geeks. [I have separate folder like that], or just drag and drop it there.
The next time I get a message from Geeks, the "Move to 'Geeks'" option is already set, so all I have to do is click the "Move" button without having to scroll or look through all my folders.
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Permalink Reply by JT on -
Outlook only has the ability to remember 25 Rules to auto sort incoming mail into particular folders.
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Permalink Reply by Mad Max on -
Clients are better if you need to access things when you're not or unable to get online. It's also safer because there's less chance it'll be snooped on and only your ISP and yourself will know what you're getting/sending, rather than your ISP, yourself and your webmail host. It's also better for business from a redunstancy perspective. It's far easier to back up from a locally stored location than somewhere on the net due to connection speeds and so on. Drive to drive is faster than a web connection, unless you're on rediculously expensive high speed internet.
Outlook is OK, it does the job, sort of. It's lacking on things you'd kind of expect to be in a professional level email client though, and the interface and implementation of it all and the organisation is typical Microsoft. All over the place, illogical and lacking polish. You can't for example send an email to several people by simply selecting everybody you wish to send it to from your contacts, you have to select one, then manually add them to the to/cc/bcc box. You can't add groups/categories as the "To" either. Say you wanted to email everybody in your "Work Collegues" list, you can't, you'll have to set up a distribution list which then means you have to manually add every contact seperately, then update that list if you add or remove some people from your work list. It's just rediculous, and this is on the latest version too! Good old Microsoft! People only use it because of exchange or because it comes with Office, and every business is under the impression that it HAS to have Office, because anything else must be crap.
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Permalink Reply by Darren on
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Well yeah I know all about how bad Outlook is.
I had to use it when getting my ECDL.
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Permalink Reply by Kildar on -
I use Apple Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird. They both inform me that I have new mail by saying "you have mail, Master". It serves all the purposes that I require of both so I see no reason to change.
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Permalink Reply by Cookenstein on -
I would think that the only reason to do so any more is for off line storage and archiving. I use Gmail pretty much any more. Also Mac mail, and I use the Macs desktop client just for that purpose.
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