Increasingly, voices herald the death of traditional email [1]. In its place will be social networks and other services; however, thanks to smartphones, sending email has never been so easy.

The old rituals of opening the provider's website and going through a complicated login or starting Thunderbird and calling up email have been changed by the use of mobile technology: Many processes have gotten simpler because the clear-cut interfaces of the mobile mail clients make it easier to concentrate on what is essential.

However, not all providers offer a streamlined user interface for mobile clients, so traditional mail programs still have their use, especially if you want to keep your email in your own hands by saving a copy on your local hard disk.

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