Pete, if you aren't using your browser to get your Gmail, then you must be using a mail client, such as the Gmail app. If so, I wouldn't say you were using webmail but I could be wrong.
\\ /\( ) Alice.( ). Little White RabbitI use Gmail which is webmail and I don't use my browser and I don't log in every time.
Pete
On Jan 28, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@icloud.com> wrote:
>> Yes I assume so, Apple webmail so to speak?
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>> So Apple Mail on OSX is just a client where you can accesssyour Yahoo, Gmail, ISP, iCloud email? Outlook being the PC equivalent?
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> My image of "webmail" is using a browser to go to your email provider's website, log in, and read the mail there. Pretty much *my* least favorite method to read mail.
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> Apple's Mail is a client that runs on the Mac (or the iOS device), goes to various sites to fetch your email from various servers, and present it all in an organized and convenient fashion.
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> The dictionary built-in to MacOS 10.9 says:
>> webmail
>> e-mail that is available for use online and stored in the Internet server mailbox, and that is not downloaded to an e-mail program or used offline.
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