Posted by Adrienne Boswell on 02/01/08 15:43

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Bergamot <bergamot@visi.com>
writing in news:60gqefF1ppo4rU1@mid.individual.net:

> Travis Newbury wrote:
>> On Jan 31, 7:20 pm, Mango <ma...@removethis.toao.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I refuse to use webmail.
>>
>> I find it interesting about web
>> mail. It is one of my favorite web applications. (Of course no one
>> has done it right yet. Close, but no cigar)
>
> I loathe web mail. Every one I've tried is slow and clumsy and in no
way
> better than using a real mail client, even <gasp> OE. I'm curious who,
> in your opinion, has it "close".
>

I have had Yahoo web mail since 1999. I have always used an email
client (Pegusus mail). Last year, IIRC, Yahoo (webmail) switched over
to a new interface, something to make it "easier" to do mail. It's
horrible, and I have stayed with Classic. Everyone I know who has tried
the new interface switched back to the old one right away.

The thing I find interesting is how many people I know, if I say, "how
do you get your mail?", they point to the big E on their desktop and go
to Yahoo. Of course, these are all people who had BabyBell accounts
before they were swallowed up by Momma again, before the Baby got in bed
with Yahoo.


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