Wouldn't you think that by this time email should be fairly straightforward? Sure the interfaces we use to access it are a bit different, but the basic function of sending and receiving email should be a no-brainer.
I guess not. After happily switching from Mailblocks to Gmail, I hit a snag; selected email messages were not making their way to me. Enough were being deposited in my inbox to give me a false sense of security, but somehow it seemed like the email I most wanted was rejected. Irate friends were [gasp] having to call me on the phone.
A variety of error messages were returned to the senders, sometimes after 24 hours had past, all of them indicating that gmail's network wasn't accessible. I contacted Gmail support, but never heard back.
So here's the thing. I like Gmail's threaded emails, the search engine is great, and the speed is quite nice. The price (free) is certainly right. But none of this means a thing if I can't get my email on a consistent basis. So back I go to PC Magazine's Editor's Choice, Yahoo Mail.
I've had a bad technology week. I'd better sacrifice something to the technology gods to get back into their good graces. Do you suppose an old Deskjet 932 would do the trick?
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