A few things, responding to both Rod and John: 1) Just because it's production, doesn't mean they won't lose your email anyway. That's the risk you take with any email provider, paid or not. For a free provider, I like google, and don't like yahoo or hotmail, or any of the others I've encountered. If I'm not doing the backups myself, I don't trust them.
2) In regard to the above, I should be using a POP3 client, but I can't use one at work (that's a policy win for me, actually!), and that's where I do 90% of my mail, cause that's how much it's work-related - technical lists of many sorts are the bulk of mail. Some day. Not only that, the mail clients I've seen don't use a maildir format - I'm really hoping someone will put one out - mbox and pst just don't do it for me. 3) If you don't think your email at any free provider is being reviewed, you're dreaming. The nice thing about google is that they're up front about it. Could I be doing things better? Yup. Am I worried a bunch about it? Nope. Kurt On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:19, Rod Trent <rodtr...@myitforum.com> wrote: > And, don't forget your messages are sifted through by Google to determine > surfing habits and ad targeting. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kelsey, John [mailto:jckel...@drmc.org] > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:14 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT: Is my Google bigger than yours? Lets check! > > I wouldn't keep anything in there you might actually need someday. Don't > forget...its a BETA. Still...after how many years, its still beta. > > That's a great little word to hide behind when all of your mail suddenly > disappears. > > ******************************* > John C. Kelsey > DuBois Regional Medical Center > (: 814.375.3073 > *: jckel...@drmc.org > ******************************* > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 15:12 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: Is my Google bigger than yours? Lets check! > > > I just let them ride. The ones I've read aren't bolded in the interface. > > I also don't use the Inbox very much - I live in All Mail. That way, any new > messages in a thread get moved to the top. > > If I ever get a POP3 client set up again, I'll have it archive after > download, as I did before, but for now the web interface is just fine. > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:47, Roger Wright <rwri...@evatone.com> wrote: >> How do you manage them? Archive after reading? >> >> >> >> Roger Wright >> Network Administrator >> Evatone, Inc. >> 727.572.7076 x388 >> _____ >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:45 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: OT: Is my Google bigger than yours? Lets check! >> >> According to google: >> >> I have 145,928 messages. >> >> I am currently using 4177 MB (57%) of your 7301 MB. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:44, Micheal Espinola Jr >> <michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> :-) >>> >>> I recently noticed that free Gmail accounts are being advertised as >>> coming with ~2.7G of storage space. My paid-for Google Apps account >>> has 25.6G. My free Google Apps account has 7.2G, and my free/normal >>> Gmal account currently has 17.1G. >>> >>> Now, I know I've seen tickers on the Gmail landing page before that >>> showed how Google's Gmail storage space was constantly growing... >>> but was it just for me (as an early adopter), or you too? >>> >>> -- >>> ME2 >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
