[Icehouse] Forum v List

[David Artman]

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Joe Yeti <joeyeti at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Aren't Google Groups restricted to Google users
>
Nope.

> and/or do not other mail users have problems using them to their full
> potential?
>
Not that I've heard. Not to just send posts.

Can you use Calendar or Gmail or Google Pages without a Google account.
Well, uh, no.

One advantage that Yahoo has over Google: all of the groupware functionality
is rolled into the Group, not distributed across a "network," and so someone
not using a Yahoo ID still can do everything group-related. Compare, for
instance, Calendar handling in each: Yahoo, it's just another "database"
with subscribers for reminders. Google, it's an "integrated app" that tries
to work smoothly with other Google offerings.

All that said... it's not The End of Times if you have more than one email
address. At last count, I have about 45. Proper forwarding, filtering, and
management makes it not much different from having two (public, private).
But I have about 45 so that I can find out who is a spam originator (ex: I
have "timewarner at davidartman.com" for my cable bill, and if that account
ever gets spam, I know who sold me out: TimeWarner).

SO, no, it doesn't care; yes, it behaves differently if you're "off
network;" and either way is moot, because having another email account is,
if anything, liberating, not something about which to fret and moan. (Not
saying you're fretting and moaning, but it's implied a bit by the apparently
leading questions you asked.)
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