[mythtv-users] [OT] What email client are you using?

Brad Fuller bradallenfuller at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 17 21:11:27 UTC 2006


Steve Hodge wrote:
> On 2/18/06, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>>  from gmail privacy notice
>> (http://gmail.google.com/mail/help/privacy.html)  under
>> Personal information:
>>
>> When you use Gmail, Google's servers automatically record certain
>> information about your use of Gmail. Similar to other web services, Google
>> records information such as account activity (including storage usage,
>> number of log-ins), data displayed or clicked on (including UI elements,
>> ads, links); and other log information (including browser type, IP-address,
>> date and time of access, cookie ID, and referrer URL).
>>  under Uses:
>>     
>
> So they log access to their servers. How is this different from any
> other website?
>   
well... I wasn't comparing website email products.
>   
>> Google's computers process the information in your messages for various
>> purposes, including formatting and displaying the information to you,
>> delivering advertisements and related links, preventing unsolicited bulk
>> email (spam), backing up your messages, and other purposes relating to
>> offering you Gmail
>>     
>
> So they do some automatic analysis of the contents. How is that
> different from any provider who offers a spam filter?
>   
I don't remember saying it was.
I was just stating that there has been an uproar about Gmail and privacy
and scanning gmail emails for more than just spam.
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