Re: Web browser email versus client email

[Keith Carpenter <entropypool@xxxxxxxxx>]

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I am assuming that the web based ones probably don't have the ability to 
> interface with that mail client because then it would be hard to subsidize 
> the free part, eh?  Am I wrong?  If so, how do I set it up?

AFAIK, Yahoo still charges for POP3 & SMTP access.  Web client is free.
gmail (Google) offers Web, POP3, SMTP & IMAP access for free.

POP3 is the more common software client interface.  It pulls new email 
to client's email storage. IMAP accesses remote folders leaving the mail 
on the server.  Your Vista client should work with IMAP. Thunderbird is 
another option.

I'm currently using IMAP on multiple computers to access the same 
accounts.  It's slower than locally stored email (POP3) and is 
particularly noticeable on large emails (heavy HTML or attachments), but 
it's no worse than a web client.

gmail's implementation of IMAP is a bit unique because gmail uses tags 
instead of folders, but this is not a bad thing.  Thunderbird needs some 
 tweaking for gmail IMAP (relocate trash and draft folders).  For the 
same account, I archive with POP3 on one PC, use IMAP and/or Web client 
on the other PCs.