preview of GMail ( pics)

[joey tribiani]

Check it out...http://fury.com/images/weblog/gmail_expanded.gif http://fury.com/images/weblog/gmail_collapsed.gif These are screenshots of an actual conversation between Jason and me, and shows an example of Related Pages. Related Pages aren't ads, they're just similar pages from within Google's web crawl. Nobody pays for them to be there.

Ads don't appear on every page. I'd guess they come up about once every 3 or 4 messages right now. Sometimes you get ads, sometimes related pages, sometimes both, sometimes none.

Often they're eerily relevant. A Related Pages link to BoingBoing came up twice in my mail today.

Anyhow, I'm sure more screenshots will appear on the web soon.

[neoufo51]

Is pop access included?

If it had that, goodbye yahoo, hello gmail.

[ducttapeBigSexy]

Is pop access included?

If it had that, goodbye yahoo, hello gmail.
From gmail.google.com:

"6. Does Gmail support automatic forwarding and POP3 access? Not at the moment, but Google believes in helping people access information whenever and however they want to do so. In the future you will be able to access Gmail messages from non-Gmail accounts for free or at a nominal fee."

[neoufo51]

From gmail.google.com:

"6. Does Gmail support automatic forwarding and POP3 access? Not at the moment, but Google believes in helping people access information whenever and however they want to do so. In the future you will be able to access Gmail messages from non-Gmail accounts for free or at a nominal fee."

Thanks for the superquick reply.

Hmmm, screw the forwarding, but gimme pop3 access and I'm sold. I need something else for my Thunderbird to access, hehe.

I think they should cut your storage in half if you select a pop3 accessible account. That would be better than having fees and all that bullshit that yahoo has been doing.

[Kyle06]

heck I will change right when they start lol

[MoonMan]

This is something I really am looking forward to. I'm so sick of Hotmail's bullshit 2 megs.

[neoufo51]

You know what, this Gmail will probably have to cut costs for new subscribers and shit like that, so I'm gonna register as soon as it opens too.

[HonkeyLips]

www.spymac.com
1GB email account with POP access
all free

[neoufo51]

This is something I really am looking forward to. I'm so sick of Hotmail's bullshit 2 megs.

I'm pretty sure that hotmail will increase that size before Gmail even premieres or it will have no chance of getting ANY new subscribers.

[MoonMan]

www.spymac.com
1GB email account with POP access
all free

As well as VERY slow, unreliable, and so far ineffective (at least for me).

[neoufo51]

As well as VERY slow, unreliable, and so far ineffective (at least for me).

I second that. I hear nothing but bad news from people who used this. Better to go with google. Its insane not to go with such a widely recognized name when its free and the company is known for quality.

[random]

i have a spymac account :D its slow but at least u get pop3 access

/me hopes they get new servers

does anybody have additional info on how the ads work for gmail?

[DainBramaged]

i have a spymac account :D its slow but at least u get pop3 access

/me hopes they get new servers

does anybody have additional info on how the ads work for gmail?
Google scans the email, picking up on key words or phrases, I assume, and delivers relevant text ads. Note that this does not constitute as spyware.

[HonkeyLips]

True, Spymac is slow.

[.::BeatFactory::.]

I tried spymac and everything is fine for me, instant messages and everything comes up quick. the only thing that I can't get working is to send an email through the pop(smtp) access.... everything else is working fine...

[neoufo51]

Thats enough for not to use it.

Why not use your ISP's smtp server?

[gamecock]

Is pop access included?

If it had that, goodbye yahoo, hello gmail.
There is a simple freeware method to access your Yahoo mail via POP:
http://yahoopops.sourceforge.net/


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What is YahooPOPs!?
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"YahooPOPs! is an open-source initiative to provide free POP3 and SMTP access to your Yahoo! Mail account. YahooPOPs! is available o­n the Windows and Unix platforms."
"YahooPOPs! emulates a POP3/SMTP server and enables popular email clients like Outlook, Netscape, Eudora, Mozilla, IncrediMail, Calypso, etc., to download and send emails from Yahoo! accounts..."

[neoufo51]

Yeah, I know bout it, I use Yahoo as a decoy for spam. I'd never make it occupy my Thunderbird.

Im just speaking in general since Yahoo is the best free email out there and Gmail looks like its gonna wipe it out.

[.::BeatFactory::.]

Thats enough for not to use it.

Why not use your ISP's smtp server?
i did change it to go through my colleges' smtp server... i was just noting that their's didn't want to work for me. Everything else is going great.

[miracol]

From gmail.google.com:

"6. Does Gmail support automatic forwarding and POP3 access? Not at the moment, but Google believes in helping people access information whenever and however they want to do so. In the future you will be able to access Gmail messages from non-Gmail accounts for free or at a nominal fee."

What does this part mean exactly ? I do not know how to understand that correctly.
Could this mean, that Gmail messages could be integrated in some sites as you can integrate a Google search bar in your site ? I know it sounds crazy, but it does sound like this a bit ... no ?
Or what does this exactly mean ?
Any thoughts ?

[sitech]

No it is specifically refering to recieving e-mail from GMAIL in another account, say your ISP account or using your POP e-mail program to recieve it.

Look at it in context of the question.

[miracol]

Ok thanks.

I had been looking at this under this aspect. I knew this should be ment, but I thought that it is said in a strange way and it could perhaps mean something more...

Why a nominal fee ?

[sitech]

because the ads are on the Gmail website, if everyone started recieving e-mails in other accounts etc, then they wouldn't see any of the ads.

[miracol]

they would just need to add the advertisment at the end of the email, but ok, yes you are right...
Thanks

[WRFan]

the related pages ad crap should be filtered using proxomitron. as soon as I get an account I'll write one. these ads suck big time, I've filtered them already on the main google pages, now it's gmail's time to be filtered :D

[black_magiic]

the ads are arent that bad I dont even notice them. sometimes they're fun for a good chuckle from time to time.