Comments on: Why I’m ditching Gmail http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/ Night is darkest just before the dawn... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: auroraeosrose http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58994 auroraeosrose Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:45:17 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58994 *pokes Josh* It was my backup mail - I like to have one in case bluga has issues ;) I always have a secondary system. Computers are far too flakey to NOT have a fallback. *pokes Josh* It was my backup mail - I like to have one in case bluga has issues ;) I always have a secondary system. Computers are far too flakey to NOT have a fallback.

]]> By: Joshua Eichorn http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58837 Joshua Eichorn Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:20:09 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58837 Thats what you get for trying to leave bluga.net. When there is an email problem there you can call me :-P Thats what you get for trying to leave bluga.net. When there is an email problem there you can call me :-P

]]> By: Luke Welling http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58802 Luke Welling Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:45:15 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58802 You should ask Daniel what he thinks of Yahoo mail customer support. http://blog.wioota.com/2006/10/26/what-are-yahoo-account-services-and-yahoo-customer-care-on/ You should ask Daniel what he thinks of Yahoo mail customer support.

http://blog.wioota.com/2006/10/26/what-are-yahoo-account-services-and-yahoo-customer-care-on/

]]> By: Sean Smith http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58796 Sean Smith Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:58:06 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58796 Hi. I love my gmail as much as the next person but it is definitely not 'free'. In exchange for e-mail, you are selling them your attention (advertising). Hi.

I love my gmail as much as the next person but it is definitely not ‘free’. In exchange for e-mail, you are selling them your attention (advertising).

]]> By: Rob... http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58787 Rob... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:59:17 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58787 Losing access to email is a real pain, which is why I use an independant supplier and more importantly, my own domain name. If I get service problems, I can change MX records and just carry on. Regards, Rob... Losing access to email is a real pain, which is why I use an independant supplier and more importantly, my own domain name. If I get service problems, I can change MX records and just carry on.

Regards,

Rob…

]]> By: austin_web_developer http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58776 austin_web_developer Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:33:42 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58776 @ posting #7 ... To have Thunderbird store copies of your email locally you have to go to the specific email account's settings then click on "Offline & Disk Space" Then check "Make the messages in my Inbox available when I am working offline" "When I create new folders, select them for offline use" @ posting #7 …
To have Thunderbird store copies of your email locally you have to go to the specific email account’s settings then click on
“Offline & Disk Space”

Then check
“Make the messages in my Inbox available when I am working offline”
“When I create new folders, select them for offline use”

]]> By: Larry Garfield http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58770 Larry Garfield Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:58:03 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58770 Yahoo is no better in this regard. I got fed up with them after they locked my account and refused to unlock it a while back: http://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/central-point-of-failure-yahoo-in-a-nutshell Pretty much any company that gets larger than a given threshhold stops caring about its users, because there is enough of them that they're expendable. It costs less to get new ones than to treat the ones you have properly. I now run my own mail server. :-) Yahoo is no better in this regard. I got fed up with them after they locked my account and refused to unlock it a while back:

http://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/central-point-of-failure-yahoo-in-a-nutshell

Pretty much any company that gets larger than a given threshhold stops caring about its users, because there is enough of them that they’re expendable. It costs less to get new ones than to treat the ones you have properly.

I now run my own mail server. :-)

]]> By: auroraeosrose http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58758 auroraeosrose Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:36:46 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58758 Uh - Brian I hope you meant POP - I was using IMAP but you can't read a thing if you can't log into the server ;) Bob - a free service yes but they grow by hearing "good experiences" - every bad one on the list who tells their friends "use a different provider" isn't a good thing Also google tools for domains are a different kettle of fish from their gmail service - they have a little more incentive not to block them off with no warning Uh - Brian I hope you meant POP - I was using IMAP but you can’t read a thing if you can’t log into the server ;)
Bob - a free service yes but they grow by hearing “good experiences” - every bad one on the list who tells their friends “use a different provider” isn’t a good thing

Also google tools for domains are a different kettle of fish from their gmail service - they have a little more incentive not to block them off with no warning

]]> By: Brian D. http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58756 Brian D. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:27:49 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58756 If you use Thunderbird (IMAP) to access Gmail there's no way they can block you from reading existing messages. I'm definitely not crazy about having to sign in to access anything... having them downloaded locally (via POP to back them up) makes me much less nervous. If you use Thunderbird (IMAP) to access Gmail there’s no way they can block you from reading existing messages. I’m definitely not crazy about having to sign in to access anything… having them downloaded locally (via POP to back them up) makes me much less nervous.

]]> By: Bob http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58755 Bob Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:17:21 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2008/03/why-im-ditching-gmail/#comment-58755 Ben Mason Says: "I had the same problem - and I dropped them like a hot potato. Over-reacting? Maybe… but they need to learn that’s no good, so It’s the best thing I can do." Dropping a free service to teach them a lesson. Consumer power! LOL. Whole thing sounds to me like their latest idea for spam prevention has bugs. No problems yet with Google Tools on my domains. Not sure the last day I got a spam email was. Once a week I go through the Google web interface to look at the automated spam collector and empty it, and it gets over 2000 messages in that time. Seems to be working. Ben Mason Says: “I had the same problem - and I dropped them like a hot potato. Over-reacting? Maybe… but they need to learn that’s no good, so It’s the best thing I can do.”

Dropping a free service to teach them a lesson. Consumer power! LOL. Whole thing sounds to me like their latest idea for spam prevention has bugs. No problems yet with Google Tools on my domains. Not sure the last day I got a spam email was. Once a week I go through the Google web interface to look at the automated spam collector and empty it, and it gets over 2000 messages in that time. Seems to be working.

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