software: August 2008 archives
Yep, Windows Still Sucks
[ rakaur on Sun Aug 03 at 09:51 AM // category: apple, microsoft, software, technology ]
Just in case you were wondering. Let me share a tale with you.
A week or so ago my laptop’s hard drive died. I am currently poor, so that means my laptop is out of commission. This also means the only computer I have available to me is running Windows XP. And I am sad.
Since I was stuck with using Windows, I was left without my beloved Apple Mail. Since Dreamhost’s server-side mail filters catch next to nothing, I was relying on Mail’s client-side filter, which itself isn’t that great. Without even that, though, it was impossible to wade through my inbox. I’ll not shame Outlook’s spam filter with a mention.
So, I decided to move my mail from Dreamhost to “Google Apps.” I figured I’d move it over, use gmail’s web interface until I got my laptop back up, then enable IMAP within gmail and use Mail as normal, with the added benefit of Google’s spam filter, which is excellent. This in itself was not difficult.
The difficultly lies in the fact that I have around 10,000 emails, and I wanted to keep them. Not as easy.
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-- rakaur // 2008.08.03 @ 09:51 AM
