Hi David You raise an interesting point with gmail I have been a long standing iinet user and while I do not have a problem with them I just feel that separating my ISP from my email may be in my best interests in the longer term I use their voip system so my calls are bundled with my internet service
Do others see a benefit in separating the 2 functions? Graeme On 30/12/2009, at 7:58 PM, David Noel wrote: > Hi Brett -- > > -- I've been meaning to put in a message about all the virtues of using > gmail. I haven't put the necessary thought into this as yet, but here is an > instance where it could be good for you. > > -- When you have set up a gmail account, you can ask it to check your other > email accounts (obviously you have to tell it your passwords for these) and > to forward on these messages to your gmail account. If you want, it will then > delete these messages from the other account. > > -- Most of the other advantages of gmail are the extensive free space > available (currently 7.4 Gb for each user), which with message labelling and > whole-of-area search means you never have to worry about email backups or > deletes again. You can send messages to yourself with data files attached, as > aquick backup of your current working file, scan of your passport, etc, these > are then permanently available anywhere in the world. HTH. > > Cheers -- > > David Noel > 2009 Dec 30 > > ============ > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Brett Carboni <bcarb...@bigpond.net.au> > wrote: > > Hi all, I'm thinking of changing from Bigpond to TPG but my "bigpond.net.au" > email address is over 10 years old and I don't want to lose contacts. > > I am trying to get a nominal account which will let me keep this active. > > Does anyone know of an emailing program which will let you address an email > to everyone in your Mail.app database so you can do a bulk mail out saying > you have changed your email address? > > T.I.A. > > Brett > Tsunami > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
