Comments on: My Unplanned Transition to Gmail http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/10/28/my-unplanned-transition-to-gmail/ because technology is just another ecosystem Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:19:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stephen o'grady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/10/28/my-unplanned-transition-to-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 stephen o'grady Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:58:53 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=639#comment-1300 TimmFin: IIRC, Gmail Loader strips the date off when it uploads, does it not? given the volume of email i have, i'm not sure that'd work for me. if it can correctly process dates though, i may well look into it. Josue: thx for the tip. i had actually thought of that, but i send a fair amount of personal email out of the account so i've held out thus far. maybe it's time to make that switch, however. Jon: will have to look into Cobweb, but odds are pretty good i'm going to hold out for either Zimbra or Hula. highly recommend System of the World, BTW. great finish to the series. TimmFin: IIRC, Gmail Loader strips the date off when it uploads, does it not? given the volume of email i have, i'm not sure that'd work for me. if it can correctly process dates though, i may well look into it.

Josue: thx for the tip. i had actually thought of that, but i send a fair amount of personal email out of the account so i've held out thus far. maybe it's time to make that switch, however.

Jon: will have to look into Cobweb, but odds are pretty good i'm going to hold out for either Zimbra or Hula.

highly recommend System of the World, BTW. great finish to the series.

]]> By: Jon Collins http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/10/28/my-unplanned-transition-to-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-1299 Jon Collins Fri, 04 Nov 2005 04:20:37 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=639#comment-1299 Heh - Neil Stephenson is tops, I have the System of the World a few inches away from my left hand, not started it yet but my fingers are twitching... Our hosted exchange service from Cobweb is pretty good, giving teh best of both worlds as well as Outlook integration. While I might berate Microsoft on a number of issues, not least the fact that their email interfaces are largely closed, to be able to mix and match MS-only technologies (PDA, Web, desktop) and be accessing teh same email repository is pretty neat. There are companies looking to offer more open alternatives but the mainstream will have to wait. Also, I find this another opportunity to promote my "tool of the week" for Outlook users - Nelson Email Organizer. <a href="http://www.joncollins.net/wordpress/?p=111">http://www.joncollins.net/wordpress/?p=111</a> for more info on what I'm doing with it. Heh – Neil Stephenson is tops, I have the System of the World a few inches away from my left hand, not started it yet but my fingers are twitching…

Our hosted exchange service from Cobweb is pretty good, giving teh best of both worlds as well as Outlook integration. While I might berate Microsoft on a number of issues, not least the fact that their email interfaces are largely closed, to be able to mix and match MS-only technologies (PDA, Web, desktop) and be accessing teh same email repository is pretty neat. There are companies looking to offer more open alternatives but the mainstream will have to wait.

Also, I find this another opportunity to promote my "tool of the week" for Outlook users – Nelson Email Organizer. http://www.joncollins.net/wordpress/?p=111 for more info on what I'm doing with it.

]]> By: James Governor's MonkChips http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/10/28/my-unplanned-transition-to-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 James Governor's MonkChips Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:35:22 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=639#comment-1302 <strong>Is Zimbra really an ambient microsearch engine?</strong> I read somewhere this morning that Alan Turing said, and I paraphrase very roughly here, most computing tasks are actually about search. That seed sparked something in my mind while reading Scott Dietzen on Zimbra today. Zimbra, for those of... Is Zimbra really an ambient microsearch engine?

I read somewhere this morning that Alan Turing said, and I paraphrase very roughly here, most computing tasks are actually about search. That seed sparked something in my mind while reading Scott Dietzen on Zimbra today. Zimbra, for those of…

]]> By: Darren's Notebook http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/10/28/my-unplanned-transition-to-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 Darren's Notebook Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:49:13 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=639#comment-1301 <strong>My Gmail experiment</strong> Not too long ago, I decided to experiment with using Gmail as my main mail client. It went fairly well; Gmail is definitely usable, and reliable. However, I found that I had many of the same problems that I had the previous few months, when I was usin... My Gmail experiment

Not too long ago, I decided to experiment with using Gmail as my main mail client. It went fairly well; Gmail is definitely usable, and reliable. However, I found that I had many of the same problems that I had the previous few months, when I was usin…

]]> By: Josue Salazar http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/10/28/my-unplanned-transition-to-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-1298 Josue Salazar Sat, 29 Oct 2005 01:15:40 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=639#comment-1298 Hey, You can change the default FROM address. Settings>Accounts>Make default (on your sogrady email acct). This would mean though, that even if you compose an email, it'll go out from sogrady@redmonk or whatever you have as default. (unless you change the from address from the drop down list, obviously). Hey,

You can change the default FROM address.

Settings>Accounts>Make default (on your sogrady email acct).

This would mean though, that even if you compose an email, it'll go out from sogrady@redmonk or whatever you have as default. (unless you change the from address from the drop down list, obviously).

]]> By: timmfin http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/10/28/my-unplanned-transition-to-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 timmfin Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:27:09 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=639#comment-1297 It may not be pretty but it is relatively straightforward to use Google GMail Loader <a href="http://(http://www.marklyon.org/gmail/default.htm)">(http://www.marklyon.org/gmail/default.htm)</a> to transfer from mBox to gmail. I did this a while ago to transfer all of my old mail from Evo (everything from 2001-2005) to a backup gmail account. The unfortunate this is that it takes bloody forever since it can only send one message every few seconds (so be prepared to leave it going all night, and possibly all the next day). I actually do not use my backup account everyday, but it is useful to use as a remote resource if I need it. I have all three of my email addrs copy-fowaring to that backup account (suprisingly only 250mb for all my mail since 2001). I don't like losing old messages :). It may not be pretty but it is relatively straightforward to use Google GMail Loader (http://www.marklyon.org/gmail/default.htm) to transfer from mBox to gmail. I did this a while ago to transfer all of my old mail from Evo (everything from 2001-2005) to a backup gmail account. The unfortunate this is that it takes bloody forever since it can only send one message every few seconds (so be prepared to leave it going all night, and possibly all the next day).

I actually do not use my backup account everyday, but it is useful to use as a remote resource if I need it. I have all three of my email addrs copy-fowaring to that backup account (suprisingly only 250mb for all my mail since 2001). I don't like losing old messages :) .

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