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11 January 2012, 12:51 PM

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email - web based or pc?

Following a crash of my pc based mail program, is a web based e-mail solution such as gmail a better, safer option?

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11 January 2012, 01:01 PM

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simply put yes. For most home users i think outlook and alike are a total waste. A gmail, or yahoo etc etc will be fine.

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11 January 2012, 01:26 PM

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simply put yes. For most home users i think outlook and alike are a total waste. A gmail, or yahoo etc etc will be fine.

I disagree, but then I use Outlook and have done for years. The only thing wrong with PC based email is the only thing wrong with keeping any data at home. You need backups! Bleddy glad I had a backup recently when a hard drive went t!ts up. And I discovered Microsoft's Synctoy, which I now use for backups.

Web based is fine if you're never at home, and my email can be got at via the web, but if you are at home and your interweb connection is down?

Down to what you want/need at the end of the day. I also just have a pop account for example. You'll now get comments on here about how '80s' they are etc etc ....

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11 January 2012, 01:36 PM

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Web based is fine if you're never at home, and my email can be got at via the web, but if you are at home and your interweb connection is down?

um, you might wanna rethink that,,,,,,,,,,

you can't get any sort of mail if your internet is down lol

i use outlook and web based for work. Its much easier to use webmail cos you just simply go to a known address and bung in your username and password. its the same mail's and system but a differnt front end. Using it is no different.

For home use then a web based system which auto backs up mail is much user friendly to operate, no worrying about linking to mails servers etc etc

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11 January 2012, 01:46 PM

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Why not have the best of both worlds. Set up your Gmail account in Outlook of Windows Live mail using IMAP.

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11 January 2012, 04:15 PM

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um, you might wanna rethink that,,,,,,,,,,

you can't get any sort of mail if your internet is down lol

You're right. What I meant was, but didn't explain very well, was that you still have your old email to access. In my case I access old emails a lot so they're very handy. My wife, for example, hardly keeps any old emails for reference, so would be in the same camp as you.

That OK?

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11 January 2012, 09:13 PM

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Why not have the best of both worlds. Set up your Gmail account in Outlook of Windows Live mail using IMAP.

+1 I do this with tbird, because I prefer tbird over a web browser and outlook is overkill for home use and I use it enough at work.

TBird is a piece of **** to backup n restore to.