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Ron: /* Online usage tips */

2008-01-02T06:55:08Z

Online usage tips

Ron: /* Disadvantages */

2008-01-02T06:54:43Z

Disadvantages

Ron: /* Disadvantages */

2008-01-02T06:50:56Z

Disadvantages

Ron at 06:50, 2 January 2008

2008-01-02T06:50:05Z

Ron: /* Disadvantages */

2008-01-02T06:49:03Z

Disadvantages

Ron: /* Local vs. Online */

2008-01-02T06:47:01Z

Local vs. Online

Ron at 06:38, 2 January 2008

2008-01-02T06:38:20Z

Ron at 06:24, 2 January 2008

2008-01-02T06:24:49Z

Ron: New page: [www.gmail.com GMail] is an email service hosted by Google. After the company I work for switched its email provider from a local, private company to GMail, I did the same for my private ...

2008-01-02T06:24:24Z

New page: [www.gmail.com GMail] is an email service hosted by Google. After the company I work for switched its email provider from a local, private company to GMail, I did the same for my private ...

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[www.gmail.com GMail] is an email service hosted by Google. After the company I work for switched its email provider from a local, private company to GMail, I did the same for my private mail domain (ronware.org). The following is a discussion of what GMail is, and what the advantages and disadvantages are to using it.

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 * Use the "FireFox" web browser, and get the "FireGPG" plugin so you can easily deal with encrypted mail
 * Use "labels" liberally.  By labeling email, you can instantly retrieve any email with the same label (think of it as a virtual folder system).  The advantage of labels over folders is that one mail may have multiple labels, whereas it can only be in one folder (unless you copy, which is wasteful).
-* "Archive" anything in your Inbox which you are done with.  The mail is still accessible using the search mechanism (or "All mail")
+* "Archive" anything in your Inbox with which you are done.  The mail is still accessible using the search mechanism (or "All mail")

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	* Possible privacy issue having mail on 'public' server. Recommended that anything sensitive be encrypted with [[Privacy\|GPG]]		* Possible privacy issue having mail on 'public' server. Recommended that anything sensitive be encrypted with [[Privacy\|GPG]]
	* UI displays contextual ads, which are currently not too intrusive - but that may change		* UI displays contextual ads, which are currently not too intrusive - but that may change
		+	=Online usage tips=
		+	* Use the "FireFox" web browser, and get the "FireGPG" plugin so you can easily deal with encrypted mail
		+	* Use "labels" liberally. By labeling email, you can instantly retrieve any email with the same label (think of it as a virtual folder system). The advantage of labels over folders is that one mail may have multiple labels, whereas it can only be in one folder (unless you copy, which is wasteful).
		+	* "Archive" anything in your Inbox which you are done with. The mail is still accessible using the search mechanism (or "All mail")

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	* Requires active internet connection - no 'offline' mode		* Requires active internet connection - no 'offline' mode
	* Possible privacy issue having mail on 'public' server. Recommended that anything sensitive be encrypted with [[Privacy\|GPG]]		* Possible privacy issue having mail on 'public' server. Recommended that anything sensitive be encrypted with [[Privacy\|GPG]]
		+	* UI displays contextual ads, which are currently not too intrusive - but that may change

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−	[http://www.gmail.com/ GMail] is an email service hosted by Google. After the company I work for switched its email provider from a local, private company to GMail, I did the same for my private mail domain (ronware.org). The following is a discussion of what GMail is, and what the advantages and disadvantages ~~are to~~ using it.	+	[http://www.gmail.com/ GMail] is an email service hosted by Google. After the company I work for switched its email provider from a local, private company to GMail, I did the same for my private mail domain (ronware.org). The following is a discussion of what GMail is, and what the advantages and disadvantages of using it are.

	=What is GMail?=		=What is GMail?=

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 * UI is relatively primitive, not as capable as better PC clients
 * Requires active internet connection - no 'offline' mode
-* Possible privacy issue having mail on 'public' server.  Recommended that anything sensitive be encrypted with [[GPG]]
+* Possible privacy issue having mail on 'public' server.  Recommended that anything sensitive be encrypted with [[Privacy|GPG]]

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 * At mercy of Google
 =Local vs. Online=
-==Advantages==
+That is, whether one uses the 'webmail' aspect exclusively, or uses a PC-based client (Outlook, Thunderbird, Eudora etc.)
 ==Disadvantages==

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:38, 2 January 2008
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	[http://www.gmail.com/ GMail] is an email service hosted by Google. After the company I work for switched its email provider from a local, private company to GMail, I did the same for my private mail domain (ronware.org). The following is a discussion of what GMail is, and what the advantages and disadvantages are to using it.		[http://www.gmail.com/ GMail] is an email service hosted by Google. After the company I work for switched its email provider from a local, private company to GMail, I did the same for my private mail domain (ronware.org). The following is a discussion of what GMail is, and what the advantages and disadvantages are to using it.
		+
		+	=What is GMail?=
		+	GMail is an email service hosted by [http://www.google.com/ Google], the "search" people. It provides a very-high capacity mail system, which is accessible via the internet (e.g. 'web-mail') as well as the more traditional POP and IMAP methods.
		+
		+	=GMail vs. ISP=
		+	==Advantages==
		+	* GMail is massively backed-up; it is virtually impossible to lose emails
		+	* Server uptime is 99.999%; service is 24/7/365
		+	* Email address doesn't change just because ISP does
		+	* Free
		+	* 6GB mail storage (and growing); 20GB or more via paid service
		+	* Full control over mail addresses (if you use your own domain, as I do)
		+	==Disadvantages==
		+	* IMAP access is slow
		+	* No real "folders"
		+	* At mercy of Google
		+	=Local vs. Online=
		+	==Advantages==
		+	==Disadvantages==

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:24, 2 January 2008
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−	[www.gmail.com GMail] is an email service hosted by Google. After the company I work for switched its email provider from a local, private company to GMail, I did the same for my private mail domain (ronware.org). The following is a discussion of what GMail is, and what the advantages and disadvantages are to using it.	+	[http://www.gmail.com/ GMail] is an email service hosted by Google. After the company I work for switched its email provider from a local, private company to GMail, I did the same for my private mail domain (ronware.org). The following is a discussion of what GMail is, and what the advantages and disadvantages are to using it.