[Elecraft] [OT] Re: reply to digest

[Rick WA6NHC]

There are other options since you abhor Thunderbird.  In your case, 
downloading email over night when the park wifi demand is low is an 
option.  Using alternate networks (phone/tablet) is another option.

ALL my email accounts are IMAP, so all my devices are sync'ed upon 
network connection.  This includes GMAIL, which has the best spam 
filtering I've seen.  I do not care for web interfaces as a general 
rule, I prefer an email client.

I use my phone/tablet for email extensively when traveling so the laptop 
is only needed when there is sufficient bandwidth to sync it.  I can 
also (since it's stored locally) catch up on email, offline, also handy 
when traveling.

One can filter/sort according to TO: address, topic and similar so mass 
deletions are simple.  I find the digest format to be more tedious but 
each to their own.  It's not worth extensive discussion here (Ford!  
Dodge! Chevy! BMW! Microsloth!).

BUT: regardless of which method(s) you choose, PLEASE trim your response 
to the least amount of cruft.  It's polite, it's faster to read and for 
those that still have data caps (VERY common in many areas), it matters.

73,

Rick wa6nhc


On 4/3/2017 8:47 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
> Not everyone wants to use Thunderbird and keep their email on their
> local PC. Not everybody is Mozilla enamoured.
>
> Finally weaned my wife off Thunderbird and moved to Gmail, and she now
> does her admittedly simple email stuff on her smartphone with Gmail's
> app. No more dragging the laptop along on trips and trying to get
> connectivity on the RV park's overloaded wireless connection.
>