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Online Email vs. Local Email 101
Hiya,
I'm that Mac2PC switcher guy. (They'll be more coming soon -- trust me.)
Today's question is a very simple 'perspective' question. As a Mac user I never dealt with online email but instead always used my local Mail client.
Moving to Windows and reading the news online I keep hearing don't open this email/don't open that email. I even read a recent story where you didn't even have to open it but merely receive it. No knock against Windows but this kind of ads a stress to switcher type. (I know Mac isn't immune from this but it's not as big deal there.) Anyway --
-- this question comes in various forms.
1. Do most PC users deal with their email online as a going concern? (Because a local Mail client is inherently dangerous.) Or --
2. -- if you read your email online (say Gmail) are you virus/malware free no matter how much you click? (Providing you don't download anything.). Or --
3. -- since a local client is as attached to the net as an online client, you're pooched either way?
Kinda curious. Thanks for being such an awesome resource. Trying to give back as best as I can manage.