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Bob posted on Not At the Mercy of Gmail in which he talks about Gmail being an email client.

I have been thinking about using Gmail for just that, as I am not really happy with any desktop client at the moment.

It is a shame, as I really do want a killer desktop client that does everything I want, and I have no need for email to be web based. Just because I run ajaxian.com doesn't mean I want everything Ajax ;)

There is a middle ground too of course. I can route my email to gmail, and then have my client get the email via POP, so I can choose my view (and at least have access to email when on a plane / offline!).

The one reason why GMail isn't there for me is that if Bob emails me from his domain it shows up as:

Bob Lee [nutter@gmail.com] on behalf of Bob Lee [nutter@crazybob.org]

Far from transparent :)

I wouldn't want "dion@applemail.com on behalf of ..." if I am using Apple Mail as a client.

That is one reason why I still use Yahoo! Mail for my online needs. They let me setup my From so it is transparent.

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