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Originally posted by: polm
Originally posted by: Squisher
If only they'd allow SMTP.
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your ISP would be the best choice for that one.
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I like the fact that if change ISPs there is no need to change email addys at all the online merchants I use.

And, if I ever get spammed to the point of frustration I can drop an email address and never look back.

BTW-I also have two domains
 
So what's the advantage of having a gmail account with the 1 GB of storage and all the search and sort features if you're just going to download it to Outlook Express?
 
Originally posted by: jaydee
So what's the advantage of having a gmail account with the 1 GB of storage and all the search and sort features if you're just going to download it to Outlook Express?
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You still get to have the l337 @gmail.com address I guess.
 
Originally posted by: Cooljt1
it says hotmail abandoned pop access but i can still acess my account with outlook express so is that going to end?
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Yes, in May 2005 hotmail will discontinue pop for anybody not paying.
 
they'll probably append html code to the end (or sides) of messages so that we still have the "luxury" of being greeted with ads. as for the "conversation" format, i'm guessing that you'll lose that feature when moving to your regular email client. (....do i hear google working up an email client somewhere?!?!?!)


=|
 
Originally posted by: SuperTool
So how are they gonna make money? Where do the ads go?
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They'll make money by scouring into your emails and do some AI and use the information gleaned to sell targetted ads. They will charge premium for targetted ads.

They want your freaking emails! I tell ya, Google is :evil:
 
From the Gmail help section:


POP, or Post Office Protocol, lets you download messages from Gmail's servers onto your computer so you can access your mail with a program like Microsoft Outlook Express or Netscape Mail, even when you aren?t connected to the Internet.

* Over the next several weeks, we are introducing POP access to all of our users. To make sure the feature is fully stable, we're giving users access to POP in phases. Once POP access is available to you, a 'New Features!' link appears at the top of your account, along with a 'Forwarding and POP' tab on your 'Settings' page.
 
finally I can use it with mailwasher to check everything at once... if only Yahoo! did that again for free...
 
Originally posted by: rh71
finally I can use it with mailwasher to check everything at once... if only Yahoo! did that again for free...
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You mean offer POP3 access? Just use YPOPs!. I've been using it since Yahoo! dropped free POP3 and it works flawlessly.
 
Originally posted by: aves2k
Originally posted by: rh71
finally I can use it with mailwasher to check everything at once... if only Yahoo! did that again for free...
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You mean offer POP3 access? Just use YPOPs!. I've been using it since Yahoo! dropped free POP3 and it works flawlessly.
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Yeah I had a bit of an adventure with it in the past... and decided to give it another go
 
sweet now i might actually use gmail

well mabye not because the option IS NOT THERE IN SETTINGS on all 3 of my gmail accounts 🙁
 
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