[Novalug] Bummed-- was MUA
gregory pryzby
greg at pryzby.org
Tue Nov 20 15:12:54 EST 2007
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 04:02:25PM -0500, Ken Kauffman wrote:
> It's a matter of what MUA is the lesser evil for syncing to a smartphone. I've
> had all kinds of issues when moving between work and home with syncing.
> Partially because I must use Outofluck, er, Outlook at work. All kinds of
> duplicates and such.
>
> The core issue I see is this. Sync software generally isn't developed with a
> 24 hour day in mind. Meaning, work hours and personal hours are still part of
> a larger set of "hours". You only have 24 hours in a day, so you have to
> manage everything in a single calendar. But when syncing between work and home
> -- all hell breaks loose. Duplications or missed events, etc.
>
> So -- if you have to sync to a device -- (contacts, events, mail) -- then I
> dunno yet. If you do not need to sync, I'm more apt to use the GMail
> interface (web based) for everything. Enable the shortcut keys and you can get
> quite a bit done quickly.
Maybe a future meeting on MUA and options.... uhmmmm
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