Switching from TheBat to Gmail or not?

mihass2013-01-27 17:59:36

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mihass, 2013-01-27 17:59:36

For a long time I have been using TheBat as a mail program. There are about 10 boxes in the program, everything is quite convenient and familiar. But there were several "buts".

Over the years of use, an indecently large database of messages has accumulated. Considering that most of the correspondence is archived separately, the current database is currently about 1.5GB. In this regard, the program starts for quite a decent time (it is quite possible that the reason is that the disk is encrypted with TrueCrypt). But with this "but" you can live.

The second “but” is a little more inconvenient. And they consist in the fact that I would like to have access to mail, both new and archived, from several computers, from a phone and tablet (OS Windows and Android). It would seem that in this case there is a direct road to Gmail, but I am confused by the fact that all my mail will be on the network. I'm used to ThaBat picking up mail from servers and storing it locally. All mail from the servers is deleted immediately. Switching to Gmail with such an opportunity, I will have to leave.

In connection with these fears of mine, the question is: maybe I'm afraid in vain? Enable two-factor authentication and live comfortably and comfortably?

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11 answer(s)

Sergey Cherepanov, 2013-01-27
@fear86

Yes, I myself use gmail for several mailboxes, no problems, I just connected two-factor authorization recently. Plus there is a second recovery box.

Nikolai Turnaviotov, 2013-01-27
@foxmuldercp

You can raise your mail server and connect to it already - even a beautiful zimbra, even a self-assembly from exim / postfix + webmord, even an ekchange, if there is a subscription ...

Laroy, 2013-01-28
@Laroy

I moved from Bath to Gmail 5 years ago and have never regretted it.

ipswitch, 2013-01-27
@ipswitch

There was a similar case, but I decided differently - I switched to Thunderbird. As it turned out, with a huge mail database (6 GB) on the old system (Celeron 1100 Mhz 2Gb RAM WinXP) it works very fast.
Previously used TheBat 4.2. I liked 5 less, on a specific system it was buggy and crashed.

Dmitry, 2013-01-27
@Tomasina

If you have problems with the Internet, you lose all mail for a while. How critical is it?
Bath has a huge plus - the best system of filters and auto sorting.

J_o_k_e_R, 2013-01-28
@J_o_k_e_R

Dear! What gmyl and storage on the server can we talk about if you are so concerned about privacy that you store your mail database on an encrypted disk?
I would recommend that you, firstly, stay on the mail program (thunderbird, seamonkey), secondly, enable imap if you need synchronization between computers (you can delete especially private things from the server, leave the rest on it), thirdly, use your mail server.

stormit, 2013-01-28
@stormit

I also moved from The Bat to Gmail for 3 years now, I have never regretted it. Of the benefits
1. fast and flexible search (it always slows down in my mouse)
2. there is a gmail offline feature (although it has never come in handy)
3. if you have android, IMHO another big plus, total synchronization of contacts, etc. d.
4. well, and all sorts of convenient features such as built-in chat and convenient drafts.

Daser, 2013-01-28
@Daser

Switched from Bath to Googlemail. 6 years old, normal flight.

Evgeny Yablokov, 2013-01-27
@Gular

In this case, you are accustomed to "pick up" mail from the server. Two questions: 1) Do you have a personal mail server, or one of the famous ones? 2) Why did you decide to "pick up" the mail?
In general, the recommendation is simply not to download mail. Use IMAP, it will be possible to check mail from different places. Delete necessary messages. But IMAP is not only available in GMail, you can use it with any known service.

Nikolai Turnaviotov, 2013-01-27
@foxmuldercp

Used thebat, thunderbird, kmail. mutt, outlook, session gmail for all mail + forwarding there, and Outlook 2013.

FilimoniC, 2013-01-27
@FilimoniC

I use Google Apps for Business, my domain, all mail is hosted on GMAIL. In the "case of what" you can always turn the DNS records to the server that is convenient for you ( Yandex.Mail for a domain , for example). In addition, jabber from Google, android account, etc.
I will immediately warn you that some rare applications do not work with Google Apps for Business (the only one I saw was Chrome to Phone)