Re: Web browser email versus client email

[Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'll second Gmail. I use three accounts regularly and use Gmail IMAP in
Outlook to check them all.

On Jan 15, 2008 8:18 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My wife wants to set up a different email account for her laptop than our
> desktop.  I am wavering between using one of the freebie web based email
> accounts:  Hotmail, Yahoo mail, Google mail; and between something that
> supports using the mail client that came with Vista.  She likes being able
> to do the Send/Receive and work offline although, with wireless in the
> home I don't know how often that will be necessary.  She's going back to
> college starting today, and, may take the laptop to some scrapbooking
> events.
>
> 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?
>
> I am checking with our ISP to see how much it would cost, if anything, to
> add an additional email account.
>
> Any pro's/con's I should be concerned with regarding either client?
>
> Rob Berendt
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