Comments for Google Mail - Free Email that works and leaves you in control

Comment from Bob DiGrazia on 2009-02-25

2009-02-25T15:35:03Z

I used gmail for a few weeks a year ago, but dropped it because I couldn't turn off its spam filter. It turned out that during those few weeks, I failed to see an email I needed urgently, because Google decided to put it into the spam folder, instead of forwarding it to my ISP account. I burst into flames, and fired Google. So there. But I might go back, to use their message-forwarding feature.

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Comment from DJ on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T13:55:18Z

Hello Leo,

I would like your advice on which protocol I should use whenever I configure my Gmailaccount in Outlook (2007). Do you recommend IMAP over POP or the other way around? I have a laptop which I use most of the time but occasionally I check my mails on my desktop, just occasionally that is. I' ve heard a lot off good things on IMAP, and that it outshines POP in a lot of ways, but I've also heard it could make Outlook particulary slow. Right now, I have a sophisticated and very effective way to sync all my laptop files to my desktop, so the syncing should also work for POP to keep my pst-files updated. Or should I go for IMAP? What do you think?
Thanks in advance.

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Comment from David Irwin on 2008-12-01

2008-12-01T21:30:37Z

I could never recommend anything GOOGLE due to their advertising and privacy policies. You may want to check out GMX mail. I have been using them for about a year.

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Comment from David Raymond on 2008-11-25

2008-11-25T23:56:40Z

I've been happily using Gmail with pop3 to Outlook for several years. This year I also established a free email account with GMX.com and have been using it (also with pop3) for several months. I signed up for a gmx account because it is new and I got my name as my email address. GMX seems to work very well. The only problem I've had is that the server for one of my clients seems to bounce all GMX mail. I contacted GMX and they were very good about responding. The problem wasn't solved, but I just send email to that client from my gmail account.

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Comment from Art Dechene on 2008-11-25

2008-11-25T18:01:10Z

"Cat Moves" complained of Google's maps. I too find them wanting. What is the best map and driving directions site?

Also note that clicking on "Subscribe to the RSS Feed" thingy erases your email message before it is sent.

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Comment from Cat Moves on 2008-11-25

2008-11-25T17:02:28Z

Leo, I use gmail. Have for a long time. The only things that bother me are the TOS and Privacy clauses. I know they are interminably long and written by lawyers (oh my!) but everyone needs to learn to read and analyse the manufacturers statements. They are supposedly protecting themselves when in reality they are screwing the consumer. For instance, did you know that anything you write using Google Blogger belongs to Google? Or anything you send in your email?
I use a program called Eulalyser to run both TOS and Privacy through a QandA analyser. Especially when it's hundreds of words long.
Try it. Google isn't really free. You will pay for using their free services. Even if it's only by advertising. Count on it. And, yeah. I still use them. But not their maps.

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Comment from J G on 2008-11-22

2008-11-22T19:14:52Z

Also, there are no ad's if you access gmail from your local e-mail client.

There is one problem that drives me nuts. If you send an e-mail to yourself or to a group which will then remail it to all members including you; gmail will not send that message from the group to your local client. It seems to assume that since you've sent it you don't need to see it again. This, of course prevents you from seeing if the group actually got it. You must wait for someone to reply to your post to see your original post as part of that message.

This seems to be a well known problem which Google has chosen to ignore, or doesn't see as a problem although plenty of others on their forums do. There are some work arounds but they are a nuisance.

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Comment from Chris on 2008-11-22

2008-11-22T18:07:24Z

As part of your recommendation, I did start backing up my email from my main gmail account (which is mainly a forwarding hub from all my other free email services), to thunderbird. I still like the classic feel of going to the website to check email, but it doesn't hurt to open up thunderbird every once in a while to update it.

As part of another recommendation, I do backup the backups as well through system backups to my large external :).

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Comment from novice on 2008-11-22

2008-11-22T16:43:20Z

these services never gave me any problem. but last night i couldn't access one old email on hotmail. may be i'd be able to access it again. or may be not. but thanks to Leo's advice i have the email on my hard drive.

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Comment from Chris on 2008-11-21

2008-11-22T04:55:20Z

"I now have a nice pebble and rocks background when I log in to GMail."
That's funny cause that was actually my first and only choice this morning.. :)

You also forgot to mention that GMail uses colorful labels instead of folders, but they act just the same with the plus of looking like, just that: labels. Add those to the filters, and you get a nice, colorful, organized inbox like I do.

Also, GMail allows you to attach email accounts to your primary GMail account. By this, I mean you can give gmail the username and password of any of your other email addies and you can now compose or reply to emails, using any of those accounts in the "From:" field! I can reply as my .edu account, my @gmail account, or my @msn account.

Also, my college just transferred all their student email accounts to GMail's email service.. That tells ya something right there about reliability and use.

I still hope that they're backing up all that email somehow, though, outside of GMail.

- Leo
22-Nov-2008

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