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Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

Why GMail kicks arse:

- Replies to emails create an email thread. All replies are kept together. When there is more than one reply, they are shrunk to just the title to keep it tidy. For example, I wrote an email to about 20 people once. Instead of my inbox being flooded with a million emails, and then the re-replies from there, it was all kept in one thread.

- Images embedded in emails aren't automatically displayed unless you choose them to be. This is often handy when you get some stupid forwarded email or something from a Hanmail address with 800 cutesy pictures on it.

- Labels. You can put multiple labels on emails to make them easier to search for later.

- The format is visually pleasing. When you reply to someone, you just click the box at the bottom of the page. No searching for a "compose" button or waiting for a new window to load or pop up. Quoted portions of emails you reply to are automatically hidden to reduce clutter.

- When you're typing an email, drafts of it are automatically saved. So if anything happens, such as a power outage, accidental window closing, or if you suddenly want to stop the email and go back to the inbox, the draft is there waiting for you.

- I've had the email address for a few months now and still no spam. That's gotta be a world record.

- All emails sent to you automatically create a contact file for the sender's address. You click on that person's profile and it lists every email they've sent to you that hasn't been deleted. You can store multiple email addresses under one contact person.

- Starred messages. Put a star on a message and a copy of it will be saved in the Starred folder for easier retrieval.

- Google search through your email and your contact list.

- Quick contact list. On the side of the page is a list of 10 contacts. You hover the mouse over a name and it shows info about them, including a picture if you put one. Click the name and it opens a new email to them.

- Quickfill on email addresses. Start typing and the possible email address will come up if they're in your contact list, so you can just click on them.

Maybe some of these features aren't so special or unique to GMail. But for the first time in my email life, I've been totally satisfied with an email provider.

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Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

I agree with you on Gmail. Sometimes the advertising bothers me though. For instance, I have an email in my inbox having to do with my wife's immigration and to the left ads pull up in terms of immigration lawyers or agencies specializing in helping people with immigration issues.

Overall though, I've had a good experience though. I switched in March of 2005 and never had problems with it.

Satori · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: Above it all

Bah, the best thing about Gmail is that is allows you to create a virtual drive where you can easily share files with friends...but there's a 10MB file size limit. But there's a better way now. Through iTunes you can create a virtual iTunes drive and make your iTunes folders available to anyone with your ID and password, they can search your iTunes database and download files at will, no size limit...I'm off topic from email, but I think this is funky stuff. Say for example you want to share with a mate, a whole one hour DJ mix rather than one mp3. It's too big to attack as email, and will takes ages to send through msn. Virtual iTunes is the way to do it...

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

kermo · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:41 am Post subject:

I'm a very very happy Gmail user. It was ages before I got any spam. Now I get a fair bit (around 6 per day) but the spam filter always works, and it only seems to be one or two companies attacking me. I'm not sure how I got targeted since I rarely use the account to sign up for anything commercial, but other than that, it's been a slice of fried gold.
The advertisements are tiny, and they often make me laugh.

My favorite feature these days (it works in Mozilla Firefox, maybe not Internut Exploder) is the embedded Gmail chat. It's a very basic chat program at the moment, but the chats are always saved (unless you opt out) and you can search them later. Very very handy.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

flotsam · Joined: 28 Mar 2006

Nemesis · Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Location: Shanghai

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

I like gmail, but my spam folder gets about 200-250 emails a day. I'm not sure why since I havn't used gmail for any web site registrations... I also get abotu 5-10 spam mails that aren't caught by the filter.

huffdaddy · Joined: 25 Nov 2005

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:58 am Post subject:

The advertising and promo has been too pushy.

Why the heck do so many care so much whether I get it or not?

Even some guys I know have seemed so eager to get everyone on it.

I tune it out.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Random spam samples from the Junk Box: (recognise any?)

We can count money. Buy special bundles at OEM Software Store.
They ain't counting MY money.

Want to forget about your sexual loses? Use Soft Viagra.
What are "sexual loses"?

CONGRATULATIONS!!!................YOU HAVE WON
Yeah!!! I knew I would! So long, suckerz!!

You always wanted to use your p3nis as a billiards cue.
oh gawd, what idiot would even respo... wait, this should have gone to my Inbox.

What.s up? Maryellen vomited.
Interesting. Asks a question & answers it.

Buy full licensed software for PC and Mac
Screw that noise. "Yo ho, yo ho! A pirate's life for me!"

For your wife��s last b-day you gave her a vibrator because of your hopeless Erec...
I'm such a thoughtful guy!

Surprise surprise... Work!
This is the most offensive thing I've ever read. Mad

Hey man, stop throwing away your money
Yeah, throw it at you instead, that sounds like a plan.

Suzanne says she really admires you. hhhhroar!
But of course.

I_Am_Wrong · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: whatever

I'm not into hip-hop.

eurasian76 · Joined: 09 May 2006

I used to use it but the amount of spam that comes yor way becomes ridiculous after the intial first month or so.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Gmail kinda bothers me. It might be because I'm so used to Yahoo mail. But I find the way it keeps all the emails together in tabs and the placement of the options to be confusing. For example, the compose email isn't a form button but a little hypertext link kind of tucker up in the top left corner. You really got to search for it.