Questions about GMail (was Re: [Hidden-tech] An Idea about Email)

Tom / Reelife Productions tomadams at gmail.com
Tue Aug 26 23:13:21 EDT 2008


once you go with google you'll realize that your concerns and /or
hesitations were for "all for naught" (except for "privacy"). gmail is very
effective in everything it does (except for allowing signatures with
html...which is probably a good thing anyway)... I've been a gmail member
for a long time and have been very happy with my gmail account...golsh darn
it, it's actually pretty darn fun!

I say go for the gusto!

Regards,
Tom Adams
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Shel Horowitz <shel at frugalfun.com> wrote:

>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
>
>      I received over 88,000 Spam messages in the last 30 days! Just
> checked my Spam "folder" which I never normally do.
>
>     And almost NONE of them came into my inbox--perhaps a dozen a day at
> most on a bad day.
>
>     I use Google's GMail. I have seven e-mail addresses that neatly flow
> into one inbox. I have only ONCE in the last year had Google incorrectly
> identify something as SPAM--I never normally check my Spam "folder".
> ("Folder" is in quotes because GMail doesn't actually use folders but rather
> uses tags.)
>
>     I sound like an advertisement for Google, but with Google in my life,
> Spam no longer exists as a concern for me--it's Google's worry and they
> handle it beautifully.
>
>     And yes I know, Sergey and Larry and the CIA are reading my e-mail. But
> small price to pay . . .
>
>
> I have been thinking about Gmail for months, as it becomes painfully
> obvious that the thousands and thousands of messages in my mail folder (300
> new ones per day) are overwhelming Eudora, and the company is no longer
> supporting it. My questions:
>
> * I archive tons of mail and often go through it for stuff from years ago.
> How does one bring gmail's archives onto one's own computer--including sent
> mail?
> * How good is support for filtering, folders, etc.? I take it does pretty
> well managing multiple addresses.
> * How serious are the privacy issues?
> * Are there other solutions that run on a Mac, filter well, support
> different sigs and addresses, and are still supported?
> * Although I have broadband, I find the Web can be quite pokey. I find
> Mail2Web very frustrating because it takes so long for a window to open when
> I preview a message. Is this a problem on GMail?
> * How does Gmail stack up on false-positive spam, which has been a major
> problem with every spam solution I've tried? Particularly want to hear on
> that last one from people in marketing/sa les.
>
> Thanks so much!
>
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