I switched hosts today (thanks, Bill!). As we try to get POP3 working — I know MAPI is better, but the last time I tried it, my client got confused about what was local and what was on the server, and then I got confused, and my client and I ended up eating a whole tub of cookie dough ice cream — it seems like an obvious time to consider switching from Thunderbird to gmail. (I would retain my current email address.)

My reasons for preferring Thunderbird are not necessarily invincible:

I’m familiar with it

I have rules set up for foldering incoming email

Nice people write cool extensions for Thunderbird

I have a greater illusion of privacy having my email archive on my hard drive and not on that of some large corporation, even if the corporation is Google

Any thoughts?

[The next day:] Ok, Bill just explained it to me. We’re going to route my mail from Bill’s server gmail and I’ll point Thunderbird at gmail’s pop server. Got it.

And, yes, when I said IMAP, I meant MAPI, or possible PAMI, IMPA, AMPI, AMIP, MAIP, PAIM or IAMP.

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