Okay, I have to ask this - in the form of a poll, since it's started to bug me. Do you use Hermes Webmail on your own computer (exceptions made for using shared computers)? Do you use an alternative way of accessing your @cam.ac.uk email? Did you know that there are alternatives?
Outlook. POP. People keep whining that POP's bad because it deletes the mails off the server - I don't care. I like everything in one place and it keeps the webmail inbox clear when I use PWF.
Hermes works perfectly well for me... I've got it a nice grey colour now, and it does everything I need it to do (i.e. recieve and send mails!) so there's no need to faff and change.
I'm aware that there *are* alternatives to webmail, but I have all of my email forwarding to my @cam.ac.uk address anyway and just getting split into different folders, so I've never bothered to set anything else up.
The only annoying thing about webmail is that if you're signed into it twice then it sometimes throws a hissy fit about sending emails. Other than that it's perfectly serviceable.
I use Outlook (IMAP) almost exclusively, unless something goes wrong, or I'm on PWF computers. It means my other e-mail accounts can be managed from the same program, and I'm notified of any new messages immediately.
PuTTY? There's a completely text-based e-mail terminal in the ADC clubroom which is an absolute prick to use... I guess it's a bit like that?
Personally it's Thunderbird IMAP all the way for me. The convenience of a dedicated mail program and the handiness of having my whole inbox available on Webmail if I need it.
I don't think that I understood more than half the words in that sentence.
To be fair neither did I. I only use PuTTY to "finger" people. It tells you when they last accesed their e-mail (by telling you last time an e-mail was looked at), so you know if someone has got your message.
I have a Gmail account now and basically all my Hermes stuff gets redirected to that.
*hi five*
Thats exactly what I do.
I can't stand the hermes interface, and as for 'faff' James, how about never having to empty you inbox, never having to 'check' your mail cos you get a notifier which pops up every time you get a new email?
Plus you can set it up to send from Gmail AS [email protected] so you NEVER have to bother with the **** that is hermes! Yayness!
All in all Gmail/other mail clients are MUCH better than just using hermes, and definitely less 'faff'.