Re: [tlug] Nasty Problem: searching for strings that span newlines

[Ian Wells <ijw@example.com>]

On 1/15/06, Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com> wrote:

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:03:46 +0900, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:

> I personally like the fact that Gmail keeps all of my mail centralised
> and backed up. That is much easier on me. However, I now have to
> accept the deficiencies of the Gmail client (at least, until I finally
> get around to writing WebMutt).

Actually, that's not entirely true.

I'm using my own MUA (sylpheed) to send this message via gmail's SMTP
servers using SSL/TLS.

You see, this assumes that you have somewhere to run your mail client.  Which I don't and Josh may not either.  So I'm certainly stuck with Gmail (or similar)'s deficiencies.  Yes, I do have a shell account on the internet (doesn't everyone? ;-) but unfortunately it's impossible to connect to it due to firewalling for half of the time.

I'm sure that you can set up another webmail using a connection to Gmail, too, but that involves the patience to find a webmail that's better than Gmail in all the other respects that it's good - not least that it's administered by someone else...

--
Ian.