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Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: Paradox on December 24, 2006, 06:22:05 am

Title: Gmail just got perfect
Post by: Paradox on December 24, 2006, 06:22:05 am

Well, Gmail now provides forwarding, POP downloads, online email, and...
Access to other POP email accounts. What does this mean? It means that Gmail works like a desktop client, and it can connect to other servers and get the messages from them. I got this feature, but i am not sure if it is released for everyone, because apparently it has been around for a while.

Title: Gmail just got perfect
Post by: vcxzet on December 24, 2006, 08:27:35 am

guess other servers gonna block gmail

Title: Gmail just got perfect
Post by: PHREAK on December 24, 2006, 09:53:31 am

How is this new?

I've been using Gmail for a few years now (early beta tester) and all of these features have been there from almost day one.
I do agree that Gmail just plain rocks! ;)

Title: Gmail just got perfect
Post by: Lava Croft on December 24, 2006, 11:20:09 am

The real question is: Why would any sane person want to use Gmail as his email client?

Title: Gmail just got perfect
Post by: Neo on December 24, 2006, 01:28:09 pm

Depends on how much you trust Google not to fall back on its little spy mechanics.

Title: Gmail just got perfect
Post by: Caveman on December 24, 2006, 01:55:36 pm

I guess you should really read the ToS ...
GMail is not private.

Title: Gmail just got perfect
Post by: Basilisco on December 24, 2006, 03:14:54 pm

I don't care how much google spy me, or how many info they get from me. Not having to see the ads from hotmail, or waiting like a minute for the yahoo inbox to load is a blessing.

Thanks Google! <3

Title: Gmail just got perfect
Post by: PHREAK on December 24, 2006, 09:19:10 pm

Privacy, just like democracy, is overrated.
As far as using Gmail as an e-mail client:
While at home I use thunderbird but when on the road, Gmail is great to get all other e-mails from all the accounts on my phone without having to check them all individually.
It speeds up the process greatly.

Title: Gmail just got perfect
Post by: Paradox on December 24, 2006, 10:59:09 pm

Think of it this way. Your ISP already reads your email, what else is new?