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 Director/Owner Reelife Documentary Productions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ using today's technology to enlighten, entertain & educate (since 1998) "cool digital audio/video stuff...not boring or dumb" 413.575.9707, Williamsburg, MA, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.reelifeproductions.com web.mac.com/reelifeproductions www.youtube.com/reelife www.folktographybytom.com RECIPIENT OF 2008 TELLY AWARD: "Establishing a Local Historic District" video 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! > > -- > > > _________________________________________________ > Shel Horowitz - 413-586-2388/800-683-WORD shel at frugalfun.com > -->Join the Business Ethics Pledge - Ten Years to Change the World, > One Signature at a Time (please tell your friends) > <http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org> > Marketing consulting * copywriting * publishing assistance * speaking > How to market ethically/effectively: http://www.frugalmarketing.com > Ethics Blog: http://www.principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/ > Books: http://www.frugalmarketing.com/shop.html > _________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20080826/59638953/attachment.html