Re: Strategies for handling multiple e-mail systems and accounts?

["Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>]

I use Thunderbird for the half-dozen or so email accounts I have. I have a
separate inbox and subfolders for each account as well as message filters
for each account that allows me to have incoming messages automatically
categorized into the appropriate folder.

I also use Thunderbird on my laptop with similar settings but have it set
to leave the messages on the server so that when I get back to my home
office, all messages are downloaded to that machine as well so that I can
archive all of my email from one central point. One advantage of using
Thunderbird on my laptop as well instead of using the web client (in
addition to being *much faster* and easier to use) is that I'm able to set
up the laptop installation of Thunderbird to always include my own email
address as a BCC so that I also get a copy of the sent message when I get
back to my desk at home. It used to be that I'd have to remember to add my
own email address so I'd be sure to have a copy of mail that I sent.

It never ceases to amaze me how so many people have their own domains yet
still give a gmail address as their primary email address.

Mike

On Thu, July 8, 2010 11:58 am, Bill Swallow wrote:
<snip>
>
> I also have some of my own domain accounts set up but I haven't
> switched over to using them yet. I need about a day of no
> responsibility (heh, how cold is it in Hell right now?) to really do
> my due diligence to move subscriptions and send notices regarding
> change of contact from Gmail to those accounts.
>
> As far as aggregators, my iPhone receives all, and leaves messages on
> the respective servers. I've yet to set up a multi-account install of
> Thunderbird (I'm not paying for Outlook, and Express has its own
> issues) and though I've not looked recently, I haven't found a good
> online aggregator. Because I'm mobile for much of the day, the iPhone
> solution works fairly well for now. And of course, Gmail and Yahoo
> Mail are available from any internet-connected computer.
>
> Thanks for your post though. It's reminded me that I DO need to make
> the switch from Gmail to my own domain, at least for professional
> purposes.
>
> Bill

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