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ni-ulster Offline cerbera147

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Any Gmail Users?
on: March 13, 2011, 01:00:27 PM
Hi all,

I have had a Gmail since they became available but never really used it mostly sticking with Yahoo. I use Outlook 2003 for work which works really well.

Anyhoo, my work is considering moving from Outlook to Gmail and their various apps, a paid for service. I am part of the pilot so am now using Gmail for my work email. Most other people have sung the praises of Gmail over Outlook; no VPN, log in from any computer inc phones, etc.

I've only been using it for a week of two but am having difficulties transitioning between the two  :-\ I really want to like it but so far just can't  :(

I'm hoping some of you Gmail power users can sell me the benefits and show me some tips and tricks to get the best from Gmail  :cheers:
             


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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #1 on: March 13, 2011, 01:02:29 PM
i use gmail for my serious stuff like work buying stuff and have my hotmail stuff as my spam account lol

got it one my phone too so all my emails go there

i only really use it for email but really like it
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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #2 on: March 13, 2011, 01:36:43 PM
I'm using Gmail with Outlook 2003 and just been working without any troubles since 2008..  :tu:


That's all..  :)


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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #3 on: March 13, 2011, 01:37:51 PM
I have 3 gmail accounts connected to Outlook 2010... Working like a charm!  :tu:
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Reply #4 on: March 13, 2011, 01:39:17 PM
oh i forgot to say i had i linked to mail for mac too and worked like a charm
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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #5 on: March 13, 2011, 02:54:05 PM
I have gmail connected to Windows Live Mail (which is the new Outlook).  Gmail itself is fine (I've been using it ever since Day 1) but Live Mail has a weird way of displaying my gmail.  First, there's the normal Inbox folder and this works fine.  However, Live Mail also displays another set of Gmail folders (Inbox, Spam, Sent Mail, Deleted, etc.) directly below my main Gmail inbox folder and I can't seem to completely remove emails that I delete from this additional Inbox folder.  When I delete emails from this second Inbox folder, they will always reappear when Live Mail syncs.  The weird thing is, I've manually logged into my gmail account to check if the deleted emails are still there but they're definitely removed when I delete them from the main inbox folder in Live Mail.  I'm just not sure why the second Inbox folder retains the emails.  If I get an email from MT.O for example, it will show up in both gmail inbox folders. I can delete it from the main inbox folder but the email remains in the second inbox folder.  Weird...  :think:

Gmail itself is fine.  It's just weird with Windows Live Mail.
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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #6 on: March 13, 2011, 03:07:58 PM
All my site emails get forwarded to one of two GMail inboxes.  I have a personal email account that I use for personal and outside business, 2x GMail for site business and 2x Hotmail accounts for spam control.

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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #7 on: March 13, 2011, 04:21:06 PM
I have been using gmail ever since it's beta days.
I even got it to work with outlook and mozilla thunderbird.

What kind of problems are you having with it?
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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #8 on: March 13, 2011, 05:25:33 PM
I've been using Gmail since 2004. I absolutely love it. I access it using the web page and on my Android phone. The web interface is so good I would never use a desktop client.


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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #9 on: March 20, 2011, 12:20:05 AM
When I switched from yahoo to gmail it took a looong time to get use to. I love it now due to be 99.9% spam free.  :tu:


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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #10 on: March 20, 2011, 12:38:50 AM
Another happy user here.... check out the labs - lots of fun stuff in there.
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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #11 on: March 20, 2011, 01:05:40 AM
My main e-mail account is from my ISP and I use Outlook 2007, but I also have a gmail account that I use on forums and other web related stuff that get’s forwarded to my ISP account.
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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #12 on: March 20, 2011, 08:18:53 AM
I use gmail for my droid, it's the only stable email client for android that I've found.  Beyond that I use outlook at work and I don't really use the online versions of hotmail, they just forward to my gmail inbox.  My work email is forwarded to my gmail account as well, so all 5 of my email addresses are synced to my phone.


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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #13 on: March 20, 2011, 07:09:38 PM
When I switched from yahoo to gmail it took a looong time to get use to. I love it now due to be 99.9% spam free.  :tu:

Yea, It used to be a 100% spam free for me til about a week ago. I got 0 (z-e-r-o) spam in 3 years compared to yahoos 100 a week. And now it started. 3-4 a day. Someone sold my e-mail. I suspect a Chinese site I demanded a refund from a week earlier. I got the refund but then the spam started.


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Re: Any Gmail Users?
Reply #14 on: March 22, 2011, 08:00:32 PM
I love Gmail--it's very configurable.  I POP forward all the email accounts I've ever had (since 1995) to it.  I would second the suggestion to check out the labs--very cool stuff.
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