I have been doing some extensive testing with myself and my desire, ability, or simply wanting to deal with everything online. I have been doing this now for four months, and just this last week I came to the realization, that I prefer reading my email online. Until now, I have used Mail on my MacBook.
This came to me as a surprise, but I find that it is easier to have all my mail in one place. For the longest time, I convinced myself that mail on my computer was the way to go. It was always with me, and I didn't need to be online to read mail. Recently, however, I started thinking about how many times I check email without an internet connection. Never! I never check email without an internet connection.
So based on that I decided to use the Google Mail Web Interface exclusively. I find that my junk is handled well, keyboard shortcuts are great for doing the tasks I need to do, and I can read and keep current on all my mail, whether I am on my MacBook, my zareason Ubuntu Netbook, or any computer I might be in front of at the time.
So I stopped opening Mail on my MacBook, and I am using my browser for mail.
I have been using GMail to check my other email accounts for years, but now I am having it check my accounts and remove the mail from my other mail servers. Until now, I have used that setting only in my Mac Mail account.
So life is simple now. Open a browser on any computer, and check all my email accounts inside of Gmail. Simple, fast, easy!
