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by sedachv 2914 days ago
Once again, an opinion from someone who does not know how to use the tools effectively. The world has moved on, and left web-based email clients behind. If you haven't checked out what modern text-based email clients and IMAP syncing tools can do, you are really missing out. I switched from Gnus to Gmail in 2006, and switched from Gmail to mu4e/offlineimap last year. The comparison is not even close; mu4e/offlineimap is an overwhelmingly superior solution.
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LocalPCGuy 2914 days ago
Negative. An opinion from someone who finds the value in GUIs despite knowing about the alternatives. Use what makes you productive, but for MOST people, that is going to be a well done GUI over a text based solution. For me, I don't want to spend time configuring or fixing my email solution, I just want to login, get/read/reply to my email, and move on to real work. Don't confuse your opinion with what is "best" or "most effective" for most people, even developers and those ultra-familiar with the terminal.
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sedachv 2914 days ago
> Don't confuse your opinion with what is "best" or "most effective" for most people, even developers and those ultra-familiar with the terminal.

I am not stating an opinion. I am making a judgement. I can do that because I have the requisite knowledge and experience. You do not - as you yourself stated, you "don't want to spend time configuring or fixing [your] email solution." (another tell-tale sign is referring to "the terminal.") Stop trying to make virtue out of your choice to be ignorant. Stating that most people will prefer GUIs is not an argument for anything ("X is popular" is never a good argument for anything) - most people have not had any exposure to alternatives like text-based tools and therefore cannot have any meaningful or informed opinion on the matter, which you pretend to do. Your choice to be ignorant of something does not entitle you to make judgement calls about the things you are ignorant about. You can say "X is difficult to learn/do" (true), but when you argue that "X is an inferior tool" with someone that has some expertise in the subject and in X, you just come across as a fool.

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jtwaleson 2914 days ago
Fyi: you come across as condescending and elitist. Not sure if that is what you are aiming for, but I don't think that's the best way to convince someone of your opinions.
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