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[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Brian K. White (Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:10:04 -0400):
[...gmail accounts...]
> You even wanted one?
> I rejected half a dozen invites back when it was new and a few more
> since.
> Just seemed like bad idea and I didn't like the interface. Admittedly I
> didn't look at it for more than a few seconds and that was long ago and
> didn't bother finding out if there was a pop/imap interface to it so you
> could keep your mails on your local hd and view in your chosen mua.
> Mostly because, even if there was such an option, and you use it, then
> what would be the point of gmail in the first place if you don't use the
> web interface?
>
> So, is it actually cool, or useful?

I have a couple of gmail accounts, though I admit I really don't use
them for anything.  (I grabbed "kenbrody" and "filepro".)  I also made
one with a username of "ThisIsASpamTrap", which (naturally) has started
getting spam, as I use it in my sig sometimes.

They do allow POP now, and someone developed a Linux filesystem which
uses gmail as its storage -- Google for "gmailfs".

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