On Jan 25, 2008 8:43 AM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 25/01/2008, Eric Butera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > not to mention the 'all-your-email-belong-to-us' aspect of world 
> > > > > googlisation.
> > > >
> > > > yeah, that's exactly why I don't use gmail
> > >
> > > That's why I use gmail for lists, but not for work or personal mail.
> > > The spam filtering is great, and so is the interface, but I want my
> > > personal email on my own disk space.
> >
> > You do realize that your personal email does go across the wire in
> > plain text, right? :)
> >
>
> Doesn't bother me one bit (pun intended). I meant that I like to have
> my email safe where I can accidentally rm it rather than on Google's
> servers. I don't consider list mail as "my mail".
>
>
> Dotan Cohen
>
> http://what-is-what.com
> http://gibberish.co.il
> א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>

Ah, ok!  I just know a lot of people got really upset about Google
showing context specific ads on email.  I just always smile at this
wondering why people think any other form of plain/text is so much
more secure.

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