Email, again
So going back to the issue of email I’m now considering dumping an email address that I had for a long time in favour of my Gmail account. I always get to wondering what are the privacy policies of these webmail outfits. Can they be trusted? Are they spying on me? On the other hand, if I use my personal website email (tomsopinion.com) how do I know the server company isn’t going through my mails the same or moreso than Gmail? The answer, of course, is I don’t and can’t find out in any way.
This question has been playing on my mind for awhile. What is the perfect email solution? Seems there isn’t one.
As a result I think I’m going to move my email entirely to Gmail. Gmail has POP access so I can use Thunderbird, which I love. Gmail is web accessible unlike my webhost mail. But, Gmail has a feature that I dislike somewhat , and that’s the organizational system; the idea of labels and conversations. I’m old fashioned, everyone knows that, I prefer separate mails and folders. However, for all of the benefits I suppose it’s worth it. I’m not awesome enough to write my email software and have my own global telecomm system to put it on so I’m going to have to use something other than the perfect solution, which in my opinion is Gmail.
Ideas? Suggestions? Comments?