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On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:36:50 +0100
Simon Avery <digdilem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Simon,
>> Most people would describe it as pedantry on my part....
>Yep!
:-))
>> non-equivalence, many people don't seem to get it. One difference is
>> that gmail doesn't return list mails to the sender as one would
>> with email. That alone is enough.
>That's just rule-based behavior. Probably every mail client does
Yes, but I, the user, can't control it. Bad news, AFAIAC and a deal
breaker for me. It's saying "we won't give you all your email",
arguably. Sure, there's a copy on google's servers, but I don't want
to have to go there to see it; I've got a perfectly good MUA, and don't
see why I should log into a google account just to see /some/ of my
messages.
>something different to its neighbour, otherwise there would be no point
>having more than one. Vive la difference!
I agree, totally. Not everybody wants or likes the same thing(s).
>I'm using gmail's web interface right now, and it sure looks like a mail
>client to me. I also use gmail as an imap base, and a spam filtering
I don't deny that there's a client component, but that isn't to
totality of gmail.
>To say gmail isn't an email client is like saying water isn't wet. You
Not really, see above.
>could probably pull some statistics and worthy research out of the hat
>to prove your case, but the rest of the world will be tutting and making
>circular motions around their ear...
I'm used to that. :-)
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