Why use both Gmail and Thunderbird?
General March 21st, 2010
A. You get a maximum productivity email solution!
The Gmail Thunderbird combination provides the best of both worlds: the best of webmail and the best of an email client. See the video on Thunderbird Sync
If you use webmail such as Yahoo or Aol, you will know the problems: using attachments or photos is painfully slow, logging in and out of various accounts is a pain and you are not able to even read your old emails unless you have a connection. This can leave you without access to important information.
We all know webmail is great because you can check it from anywhere. There is no need to carry a netbook everywhere, all your email is available wherever you are.
And using an email client such as Apple Mail gives you a different set of advantages and disadvantages. As with any email client, it is tricky to use anything other than one main computer because all your email is downloaded to that computer.
The system of webmail access that people currently use is painful because you only get your new emails and when you’re back at your main computer you have to re-sort and re-read your emails. But the benefits are that using attachments is extremely quick and simple, you don’t have to keep logging in and out and of course you can work on your email without being connected to the internet.
There are so many posts and videos about switching from Gmail to Thunderbird or (migrating|changing|switching|moving|swapping} from Thunderbird to Gmail but we’ve found the key to using both so you get all the benefits of webmail and all the benefits of an email client.
By synchronizing Gmail and Thunderbird your email life will be really easy:
If you use multiple computers, all your email will be automatically synchronized across them all
You still use Thunderbird on your own computers allowing you access without logging in, speedy attachment handling and the ability to view and manage your email offline
On any other computer you can access your email using Gmail.
Why Gmail and Thunderbird?
We recommend this pair because it’s the simplest to synchronize and as a bonus you get automatic contact synchronization as well. For more detail on how to set this up see Thunderbird Sync
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