back to mail.app after a month of gmail
at first, it seemed like a great idea. moving all my email handling online.. into one easy to use system. i gave it a good solid try, for a month, but as of yesterday, i am using mail.app again, rather than gmail. there are a few solid reasons:
there are times when i need to see an email right away. when someone is sending me something mission critical, or i am waiting for some sort of confirmation. gmail checks your pop account every now and then, but you have to jump through some hoops to get it to check it right away.
managing multiple signatures is a pain. yes, there a greasmonkey script that lets you do this, but it’s not quick and natural.
other than that, i really liked gmail. my favorite parts were:
check your email from anywhere… even from your phone!
tagging - google has tagging hooked up. tag and archive.. and your mail is there, and easily indexed.
indexing - gmail mail searching is VERY fast. searches give results in a blink. mail.app takes awhile to check through mail. this very well could be because i have had mail.app running for years, and there is alot more to index, but i am not sure.
so, here i am.. back on mail.app.. and we’ll see how it goes…