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.