<OT> yet more Gmail invites

Bruce Marshall bmarsh
Fri Feb 18 10:21:33 PST 2005


On Friday 18 February 2005 12:08 am, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:34:21 -0500, Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:
> > I happen to be VERY proud of the fact that I have 0 gmail invites. That
> > would mean I DON'T have a gmail account...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tim (who fails to see the attraction of a gmail account)
>
> Not to kindle any flame wars, but the attractions IMHO are:
>
> 1. I am relieved of the need to tinker with any sort of POP3 or IMAP
> software on my system.
> 2. Like with IMAP, I can get to my mail from anywhere that runs a
> supported browser.
> 3. Also, I don't need to tinker with any SPAM software on my system.
> Gmail does an excellent job of isolating spam to a folder where I can
> review and whack it. There are damn few misses (it learns quickly when
> I report a missed spam) and even fewer false hits.
>
> The drawbacks are:  
>
> 1. Gmail is not always smart enough to generate a reply to the list in
> every case. Depending on the headers, I may get list, both list and
> sender, or sender only, but most of the time it works.
>
> Enjoy,

I'm still seeing that same confusion here with kmail.   For instance, my reply 
that I am now typing is due to be sent to both Collins *and* the list unless 
I wipe out Collins address.

This is a change of a month or more ago that we discussed....  The reply to in 
the headers has both Collins address and the list.




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