At 03 Apr 2008 00:09:01 +0000 Larry wrote:

> Ok by me. But, my emails have some pretty big attachments. Where do you
> put them?

I set the e-mail client on my phone not to automatically download
attachments over 100kb (then I choose whether to download them if needed.)

> How do you get them from the phone to the computer, download
> them again off the server? That time must also be included.

IMAP is server based- since my PC has broadband, it looks at the IMAP
server continually, and downloads and archives whatever makes it through
the spam filters.

> The remote terminal is far from "cumbersome" on wifi, and not really bad
on
> EVDO. rdesktop is optimized to minimize bandwidth usage. it only
updates
> what needs updating. It's not a video shot of the screen, but you knew
> that. The only drawback is the 500-800ms latency of the Sellphone data
> links, but I'll live with that until the Wimax rollout.

Whatever works for you, I guess. Remote desktop to keep on top of your e-
mail seems like using a jackhammer to drive a finishing nail, but that's
just me...