[Gmail-Users] Re: Gmail vs. Hotmail vs. Yahoo Mail and the alternatives

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:56:54 +0000
James Whitehead <whiteheadj@gmail.com>
Subject: [Gmail-Users] Re: Gmail vs. Hotmail vs. Yahoo Mail and the alternatives
Wrote these words of wisdom:

> On 12/23/05, Gerard Seibert <gerard.seibert@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Consider this scenario: Google gets NUKED. That would kind of make the
> > accessing of your email somewhat difficult.
>
>
> Yes, it also might just make the accessing of your life quite difficult,
> especially if you live in the US.
>
> Google does not support, at least as far as I can determine, PGP or
> > S/MIME encryption, etc. If Google really wanted to make its mail program
> > truly user friendly, it would adopt the IMAP protocol versus the POP3
> > protocol it is now utilizing.
>
>
> I think that the main thing against the adoption of the IMAP protocol in
> GMail is the fact that, AFAIK, IMAP has no support of any kind for labels,
> dealing only with folders. Because of this, Google would have to remove (or
> drastically change) its handling of mail, which it almost certainly won't
> do, as people at Google have probably spent quite a bit of time on it. If
> they were to offer something like that, Google would probably have to
> release their own MUA.
>
>
> --
> James Whitehead
> mailto:whiteheadj@gmail.com

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On 12/23/2005 5:25:03 PM, Gerard Seibert Replied:

I would like to know the underlying architecture of Google's storage
system. I have a sneaky suspicion that labels and folders (directories)
are one in the same. I believe it to be nothing more than an alias, or a
soft link, a common practice in the *nix world as you are aware.

Then again, I could be wrong.

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Gerard Seibert
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I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.