If you were one of the persons who got affected by the recent Gmail outage, you should know that only the web version of Gmail was inaccessible and people who used email clients to access Gmail had no problems.

To avoid the hassle and problems of another outage, you need to start using an email client. One I can recommend is the Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop, a free and open source app created by Zimbra, a Yahoo! company.

Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop is an offline client that lets you manage your various email accounts in one desktop tool. Zimbra mail, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL, Outlook and any other work or personal email account using POP or IMAP is easy to set up in Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop. Each account is separately maintained.

Zimbra Desktop is easy to install and use. To find out more about it, check out Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop.