Comments on: Where to put the mail? http://mgeisler.net/2008/10/where-to-put-the-mail/ Adventures with Computers Mon, 21 May 2012 17:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding By: Henning http://mgeisler.net/2008/10/where-to-put-the-mail/#comment-385600 Henning Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:46:16 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/?p=693#comment-385600 <p>You really need to update this blog dude :D I was shocked to learn that you specify another site on Facebook, so I went to this blog to see if it is still here. Sure is. I tried blogging, but the work-to-joy ratio was too great. My second-last post was in Aug 2007, and my last post was "Comeback to the Blogosphere" in Aug 2008, so apparently it was no comeback. The nature of blog posts - they're short-lived… But they turn up on Google, and people still comment on old posts, so I see them as a library, and I am not so keen on discontinuing my site, even though I use another domain for my email (dk to eu, and the eu does not even have a web-page). Google mail for all my domains, it is excellent, and works with my iPhone. :)</p> You really need to update this blog dude :D
I was shocked to learn that you specify another site on Facebook, so I went to this blog to see if it is still here.
Sure is.
I tried blogging, but the work-to-joy ratio was too great. My second-last post was in Aug 2007, and my last post was “Comeback to the Blogosphere” in Aug 2008, so apparently it was no comeback.
The nature of blog posts - they’re short-lived… But they turn up on Google, and people still comment on old posts, so I see them as a library, and I am not so keen on discontinuing my site, even though I use another domain for my email (dk to eu, and the eu does not even have a web-page).
Google mail for all my domains, it is excellent, and works with my iPhone. :)

]]> By: John http://mgeisler.net/2008/10/where-to-put-the-mail/#comment-385276 John Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:31:32 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/?p=693#comment-385276 <p>Ok Martin, I understand. Blogging short term posts can kinda feel like spinning the wheels and burn alot of time. I respect that point of view. Best wishes to you.</p> Ok Martin, I understand. Blogging short term posts can kinda feel like spinning the wheels and burn alot of time. I respect that point of view. Best wishes to you.

]]> By: Trikapalanet http://mgeisler.net/2008/10/where-to-put-the-mail/#comment-378297 Trikapalanet Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:54:23 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/?p=693#comment-378297 <p>Google stay the best option, they are stable, accessible in all the world, reactives...</p> <p>Like my school, lots of companies use now google and gmail, even for important business :)</p> Google stay the best option, they are stable, accessible in all the world, reactives…

Like my school, lots of companies use now google and gmail, even for important business :)

]]> By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2008/10/where-to-put-the-mail/#comment-371278 Martin Geisler Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:59:00 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/?p=693#comment-371278 <p>John: you're right, but I'm not that interested in blogging any more. I don't like the temporary nature of blog posts -- I never go back to look at old posts and I never correct mistakes in them. You can say that it's fine to just have a series of snapshots like that, but I think that it would be better to make fewer pages with better content.</p> <p>So right now I'm instead focusing on creating content in the Mercurial project (http://selenic.com/mercurial/). I'll probably eventually write something on my new domain (http://lazybytes.net/). But don't hold your breath :-)</p> John: you’re right, but I’m not that interested in blogging any more. I don’t like the temporary nature of blog posts — I never go back to look at old posts and I never correct mistakes in them. You can say that it’s fine to just have a series of snapshots like that, but I think that it would be better to make fewer pages with better content.

So right now I’m instead focusing on creating content in the Mercurial project (http://selenic.com/mercurial/). I’ll probably eventually write something on my new domain (http://lazybytes.net/). But don’t hold your breath :-)

]]> By: John http://mgeisler.net/2008/10/where-to-put-the-mail/#comment-371264 John Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:03:41 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/?p=693#comment-371264 <p>Martin you really need to add some new content to this blog dude. I come back to check regularly and will continue to do so.</p> Martin you really need to add some new content to this blog dude. I come back to check regularly and will continue to do so.

]]> By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2008/10/where-to-put-the-mail/#comment-316502 Martin Geisler Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:10:55 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/?p=693#comment-316502 <p>I moved everything to Gmail. Their IMAP offering is a bit weird, though. Emails can be labelled and will show up in folders corresponding to the labels. Deleting a mail is then equivalent to removing a label -- it does not really delete the mail until you delete it from all folders.</p> <p>Filtering is also poor with Gmail, I cannot match on arbitrary headers. This is annoying with the DAIMI-spam which I can no longer filter out. I'm thinking of people sending mails to theory@brics.dk by putting the address in the Bcc field.</p> <p>So it's not perfect, but Gmail will have to do for now. I guess I'll eventually move things to a better host outside DAIMI. Moving things back is also an option, but then I'll have to move things in two years anyway when I finish the PhD.</p> I moved everything to Gmail. Their IMAP offering is a bit weird, though. Emails can be labelled and will show up in folders corresponding to the labels. Deleting a mail is then equivalent to removing a label — it does not really delete the mail until you delete it from all folders.

Filtering is also poor with Gmail, I cannot match on arbitrary headers. This is annoying with the DAIMI-spam which I can no longer filter out. I’m thinking of people sending mails to theory@brics.dk by putting the address in the Bcc field.

So it’s not perfect, but Gmail will have to do for now. I guess I’ll eventually move things to a better host outside DAIMI. Moving things back is also an option, but then I’ll have to move things in two years anyway when I finish the PhD.

]]> By: Therese http://mgeisler.net/2008/10/where-to-put-the-mail/#comment-316406 Therese Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:33:45 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/?p=693#comment-316406 <p>So what solution did you end up with?</p> So what solution did you end up with?

]]> By: Rune Broberg http://mgeisler.net/2008/10/where-to-put-the-mail/#comment-310983 Rune Broberg Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:51:56 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/?p=693#comment-310983 <p>Well, my suggestion would - obviously - be to use our email system. It's quite good, it's well run, and it just works. With regards to the daimi.au.dk to cs.au.dk change, you should take that up with the department head if you feel strongly about the decision. It is not something the systems staff has been involved in.</p> Well, my suggestion would - obviously - be to use our email system. It’s quite good, it’s well run, and it just works. With regards to the daimi.au.dk to cs.au.dk change, you should take that up with the department head if you feel strongly about the decision. It is not something the systems staff has been involved in.

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