Getting e-mail from GMail but without keeping messages

[Sam Varshavchik]

Paul Smith writes:

> On 2/15/07, Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:
>> > > > Is there some e-mail program to get e-mail from GMail, but without
>> > > > keeping any message stored in the local hard disk?
>> > >
>> > > You mean, like, a web browser?
>> >
>> > Yes, likewise Evolution when it is used as an e-mail client connected
>> > to a MS Exchange Server: no message is locally stored.
>>
>> So is there any reason why a web browser won't do?
> 
> Not important reasons, really, but I usually prefer an e-mail client
> because it is lighter and perhaps faster. And all other reasons why
> everybody, whenever possible, prefer an e-mail client instead of
> webmail.

Cone, which is in Extras, supports POP3 with or without downloading messages 
locally.

But you'll find that if you set up a direct POP3 account, since then you'll 
need to hit Gmail every time you want to look at each message.  And if you 
want to download messages from Gmail's POP3 mailbox, and page through it 
locally, this is no different than what Thunderbird, and every other 
traditional mail client does.

So, after you've wasted a lot of time you will conclude that it's not really 
faster to access mail directly, on-demand, from an external POP3 maildrop, 
and you'll go back to either Gmail's web interface, or Thunderbird.

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