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A simple method for securing email
Authored by: Dennis Groves on Jun 30, '05 03:52:05PM
Again, Gmail is the better option, it is free, you get 2gigs of storage and it is secure. Further more, you can use mail.app to both send and recieve gmail securly so you get all the spotlight benifits. You can ever use gmail from your Treo650 like I do or a blackberry:
 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=gmail&hl=en&answer=12103 
Additionally you get "google" benefits when you for some reason do not even have your own machine, because all of your email is accessable to you online via web browser, for you to use securely.

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A simple method for securing email
Authored by: xternal on Jun 30, '05 07:18:44PM

Not trying to knock it for all setups, it's just not _always_ better. I use both my laptop and desktop for mail. I want to use the mail.app client in both locations. POP3 in this situation is not a valid option. I don't mean to sound snippy, but, how would you suggest someone keep their mail state on two machines sans webmail? Many people I know prefer an email client over webmail as well. And since you mentioned access via a cellular device, I should point out that many email capable phones support IMAP as well (including the Treo650). If you manipulate your email on the phone, your laptop, desktop, and webmail will all be in sync.

Also, most IMAP providers also grant access to the IMAP folders via secure web access.

If the most important consideration in setting up your email is cost, Gmail is always better. However, in other regards, it is not.



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A simple method for securing email
Authored by: rotaiv on Jul 01, '05 06:42:46AM

I have four machines all checking the same mailboxes via POP. I simply have three of the clients configured to "leave mail on server".

I then configured the client on my main desktop (where all my mail is archived) to delete mail after 2 weeks. This gives the other three machines enough time to download their copy of the mail before it is deleted by my desktop.



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A simple method for securing email
Authored by: xternal on Jul 05, '05 07:06:42PM

Your original mail content starts the same across the systems. The state however, is not the same. If you move a message from folder A to B on machine A, systems B,C,and D are unaffected. The _state_ of your mail is not in sync across the machines, it is nearly there.



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