My gmail account is fast. Even old messages (that I haven't accessed in weeks) load quickly.
Gmail supports IMAP, so you could use some IMAP client on whatever machine(s) you use most often, and then use the Gmail interface when you need to access it from elsewhere. Many e-mail programs with locally cache the messages, so even if Gmail's IMAP server were slow, you could still have a responsive UI.
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My gmail account is fast. Even old messages (that I haven't accessed in weeks) load quickly.
Gmail supports IMAP, so you could use some IMAP client on whatever machine(s) you use most often, and then use the Gmail interface when you need to access it from elsewhere. Many e-mail programs with locally cache the messages, so even if Gmail's IMAP server were slow, you could still have a responsive UI.