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I personally use Gmail, like a lot of people. But when I say "I use Gmail" I mean I have a Gmail account, which I access via POP3 and SMTP in a desktop email reader (Evolution in my case, but I also have Thunderbird installed). There is only one reason I switched over to Gmail, and that is that I can access my email via POP3 and SMTP. Yahoo's crappy webmail was tolerable when I didn't have to use it, but then they stripped away all of my choice in getting at my messages, so I ditched them (FetchYahoo still brings in any stray emails which haven't gone into my Gmail account yet) and went with Gmail. If they take away my ability to use a desktop email program then I'll just host my own. Either way, I find web-based email horrible.

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