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September 29, 2007
Gmail is Giving My Life Back
I have heard from other folks how much they love Gmail, but I had been a skeptic - until this week. Now, I'm a true believer. Gmail and Google Apps are the two best things that have happened to me in a long time. They have decreased both my workload and the amount of time I spend with e-mail.
I never thought I could be satisfied with a browser-based e-mail client. I need keyboard shortcuts, speed, IMAP, spell-checking, an LDAP connector, etc. Gmail does not allow me to connect to my LDAP server, or to create server-side folders like IMAP, but after using Gmail with Firefox for a few days, my old trusty mail client seems antiquated. Gmail in a browser is absolutely fantastic. It offers everything my old client (Thunderbird) did and much more. You just have to see how Conversations work to appreciate them. Then there's the built-in Chat feature, the ability to use Google search against your e-mail, tons of free storage, ease-of-use, compatibility, world-class spam filtering and more...
I'll keep Thunderbird around for a while, because it's easier and quicker to send a large number of attachments with it. But for everything else e-mail related, I'll use Gmail.
So, now I plan to move all of the e-mail domains currently hosted on my servers to a Google Apps account. This will reduce my workload and stress level while providing a greatly enhanced user experience for my friends. A true win-win!
Posted by thedude at September 29, 2007 9:01 AM
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...still undecided. There are things I like and it does have some very cool features...but at this point I still like T-bird better. I'll use it for a few more days before I make a decision.
Posted by: Cindy at October 2, 2007 8:33 AM
Well, like I said, I will continue to use both, although I will use Thunderbird only when I *have* to.
Since setting up Google Apps for a few of the domains I host, I have been called a genius more than once. Of course, it's not me who's the genius, it's the folks at Google. I love Gmail!
Posted by: at October 2, 2007 8:39 AM
....naw, it's you that's the genius!
Posted by: Cindy at October 2, 2007 9:16 AM
