tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post5595139259149474689..comments2023-07-02T15:55:30.759+01:00Comments on De-Scribed: Coming out: I love e-mail!Scribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757616056135886893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-77118502200706255982007-11-02T08:37:00.000+00:002007-11-02T08:37:00.000+00:00OK, I had to go and check this because I don't gen...OK, I had to go and check this because I don't generally use gmail, but the main advantage it offers (over Thunderbird) is that you have "chat threads". <BR/><BR/>In TB, threading is fine if you're following a mailing list (and I'm not sure how well gmail supports similar, branching conversations...). But that's all based on incoming mail.<BR/><BR/>In gmail, you can get a timeline of both incoming and sent messages, so if you need to refer back to something *you* said, it's already there. This is nice, and maybe there's an extension for TB that does it - it's a pain having to switch to your Sent Mail folder and dig up the message you sent.<BR/><BR/>Of course, in the end, if you're happy with something then there's no reason to switch it. I'm just aware that there's a *lot* of information in e-mails (both meta and content-wise), and think there's probably at least twice as much stuff that could be done with it...<BR/><BR/>Just noticed GMail have a <A HREF="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202800313" REL="nofollow">new version rolling out</A>, so might be worth keeping a eye on this:Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757616056135886893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-86434481110002055402007-10-31T13:35:00.000+00:002007-10-31T13:35:00.000+00:00I'm slightly curious what benefit gmail conversati...I'm slightly curious what benefit gmail conversations have over standard threading. I've used mutt as my mail client of choice for over 9 years now and I can't imagine much reason for changing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-29716873467577926502007-10-31T11:34:00.000+00:002007-10-31T11:34:00.000+00:00Lots of email clients have conversation threads - ...Lots of email clients have conversation threads - do you mean something more specific about the gmail implementation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633495.post-20938757901373133822007-10-30T23:39:00.000+00:002007-10-30T23:39:00.000+00:00Excellent - I plan to start using the manual autor...Excellent - I plan to start using the manual autoresponder shortly...<BR/><BR/>I fully agree with all the points he writes in it.<BR/><BR/>And yes - I love it too!David Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697527701468526022noreply@blogger.com