So what's your experience with Gmail?

[Locut0s]

So for anyone else who owns one of these babys, how much do you use it? Has it become your primary mail account, maybe you're only one? Or has it become a secondary account? Currently I have 3 email addresses that I use to varying degrees. My ISP email address is only known to a select few, to prevent spam. My hotmail account which I use for anything of a subscription nature, and any time I need to sign up for something. And my school account which is used just to read emails sent by profs. It might be nice to amalgamate all of these into one account but I have doubts about whether that would be manageable, or whether it would just turn into one huge pile of spam after a while. Anyone with their own G-Mail accounts have experience?

Oh and I'll be sure to post some invites here when and if I get them, I got mine here so I'd like to give back to the community, after giving a few to friends and family of course Of course they're a dime a dozen now so it's nothing really special.

 

[cirthix]

it works but uploads very slowly, sometimes just crashing itself. primary account. keep it seperate

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I like it and use it as my primary account. I use POP3 for Gmail, but still log in from time to time to check my Bulk Mail folder.

So far I haven't gotten a single piece of unsolicited spam to my Gmail account.

I don't love the thread-based organization of the Web Gmail, but obviously that's not an issue with the POP3 version. On balance I have been very pleased with Gmail.

 

[aplefka]

I use it as my primary yes. I like it a lot.

 

[suklee]

lately whenever I use IE to send a message in gmail, after a while my MS Outlook DOWNLOADs a copy via POP3

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: Kai920
lately whenever I use IE to send a message in gmail, after a while my MS Outlook DOWNLOADs a copy via POP3

Yeah, that is indeed odd. I've had the same thing happen often lately.

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: Kai920
lately whenever I use IE to send a message in gmail, after a while my MS Outlook DOWNLOADs a copy via POP3

Yeah, that is indeed odd. I've had the same thing happen often lately.

So I tested it the other day, if I actually ADDRESS the mail to myself, you'd think I would receive two copies of the mail right?

Nope. I still only get one via POP3.

Cliffs
send email to others via web interface -> phantom email arriving in own inbox via POP3
send email to *self* via web interface -> only one email arriving in own inbox via POP3

 

[Toki]

ive had gmail for a while, i use it as my only account (i check a couple of others every couple of months), and i think i have only gotten a couple of spam messages.

 

[silverpig]

:thumbsup:

 

[faenix]

I love it. Couldn't live with out it.

 

[Baked]

I like it. 2 primary accts. Good for transfering "large" files.

 

[Chaotic42]

I get spam even though my address isn't posted anywhere.

 

[Tung]

I have converted to Gmail

 

[alexjohnson16]

What?

 

[cw42]

i got 50 invites mine! all mine!!!

 

[LtPage1]

poll!

 

[Shanteli]

Yeah it is now my primary...my school account forwards to it but I still have the hotmail around.

I hate the thread-based organization though...I find it more confusing.

 

[Zee]

i wish they would put a delete button rather than use a move to trash dropdown menu. I know i have a lot of storage but some stuff i just want to delete

 

[cronos]

i use it for my primary address that i use for mailing lists. the threaded view is very very handy.

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: Lazee
i wish they would put a delete button rather than use a move to trash dropdown menu. I know i have a lot of storage but some stuff i just want to delete

that's the only super annoying thing about gmail. i wanted to delete more than 1000 of e-mails the other day, and i had to move it 100 at a time to the trash, and *then* delete them from the trash 100 at a time.

 

[n7]

It became my primary account almost as soon as i got it.

 

[imported_Schmitty]

I like it, Its pritty good. I like the way the "coversations" are set up, that way I can keep crap right and what peoples are saying to me! better organization!
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[TimMyMac]

I use it as my main email, love it, haven't had a problem with it yet.

 

[callmesteve]

Simple but effective. It has become my primary email. Only complaint would be with uploading but eh no one's perfect

 

[Ze]

yea i love it. I forward all my other email addresses to gmail, and it just filters out the spam all the other addresses were getting.