I think you hit the nail on the head by saying "continue to download my messages as a backup only". There is a realization that that which is internet (aka email) belongs on the internet and not on my pc. My pc is a backup when I can't connect.
Exactly, as much as i'd like to use Mail.app or Thunderbird (a stand-alone email app MUST be better than a web app, RIGHT?!?!), I don't because Gmail is that much better.
Agreed, backup or offline access is the only reason I still use a desktop app, albeit, once a week or so. I just dumped Mail.app for Thunderbird since I can add Calendar support to it and sync it to my Google Calendar, for free, a poor (or is he smart?)-man's Outlook. I used the beta of Spanning Sync but don't need it enough to pay for it.
I also have a beta of MailPlane I've been using but its only useful when I don't want a browser running.
does gmail allow you to access a mail server outside of gmail yet?
One thing that gmail needs is to add in better filter technology. I find their lack of flexibility to be frustrating.
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