----------------------------------- rizzix Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:34 pm Exciting News! - Gmail goes POP3 ----------------------------------- http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/showstory.jsp?storyid=56150 ----------------------------------- Andy Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:38 pm ----------------------------------- sweet... now i can actually use it at school :lol: ----------------------------------- rizzix Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:58 pm ----------------------------------- ya but the funny thing is.. just like their method of handing out random invitations.. similarly you will be given the ability to use the POP3 feature... i.e u would have to wait till you see a [New Feature] red highlighted link... and only then will you be able to use it. ----------------------------------- Andy Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:01 pm ----------------------------------- o the gayness :guns: ----------------------------------- Paul Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:39 pm ----------------------------------- explain the advantages of pop3 ? I have the feature. ----------------------------------- wtd Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:13 pm ----------------------------------- explain the advantages of pop3 ? I have the feature. Being able to deal with your GMail account through your favorte standalone mail client (Thunderbird, Eudora, etc.) ----------------------------------- Andy Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:14 pm ----------------------------------- LOL haha love it how u left out outlook wtd ----------------------------------- wtd Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:19 pm ----------------------------------- LOL haha love it how u left out outlook wtd LookOut! should be avoided at all costs. ----------------------------------- Amailer Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:20 pm ----------------------------------- 1TB? Where do they have such spacE?!?!? ----------------------------------- wtd Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:23 pm ----------------------------------- Google's secret is that most people won't use nearly that much space, there are limits on attachments size, and the majority is plain text, which can be significantly compressed. ----------------------------------- rizzix Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:46 pm ----------------------------------- yes that and keep this in mind... Google has provided POP3 no IMAP4... POP3 forces you to store the messages on disk... some people will be reluctant to store an entire 1gb on disk... this kind also reduce the amount of bandwidth usage for google. ----------------------------------- templest Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:02 pm ----------------------------------- *glee* ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:47 pm ----------------------------------- Darn. When I read this I rushed over to my account hoping to see *New Feature* but to no avail.. =( ----------------------------------- Neo Thu Nov 11, 2004 11:26 pm ----------------------------------- I just made a new account microsoft.technical.support@gmail.com :lol: I wonder if i will get alot of emails if i post this somewhere where everyone can see. :lol: ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:59 am ----------------------------------- I wonder if that doesn't count as identity theft? Impersonation? :? ----------------------------------- templest Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:56 am ----------------------------------- I wonder if that doesn't count as identity theft? Impersonation? :? As long as he didn't do something stupid like sign up with his real name and address then he shouldn't have anything to worry about. It's not like MS can go to Google and say: "Hey, uh, can you tell us what IP logged in to this one account?", and they're certainly not going to get any info on who's IP belongs to who from his ISP. Something about privacy laws. Either way, I could make my e-mail MichaelJackson_201985@aol.com, that doesn't mean that I'm impersonating him. I could use any online account name that I want, what does that matter? How many times have you seen someone on counter-strike's name be, "I'm Rick James, B1tch!". Rick James certainly couldn't sue anyone for using his name, same goes for software companies. Now, if I was selling an Operating System called "Windoze" and my company name was "Macrosoft", and my OS was a 100% rip-off of MS-Windows, then you'd have something to worry about. ----------------------------------- SuperGenius Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:36 pm ----------------------------------- it might fall under some kind of law which is designed to prevent email scams and such.. plus, it is ms we are talking about here. ----------------------------------- the_short1 Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:35 pm ----------------------------------- hahahahhahhaa... . . just post... 'if this program does not work for you, email microsoft technical support' .. "microsoft...etc..@gmail.com.. and u will get plenty.. cuz ms is a buggy peice of shit ----------------------------------- Amailer Sat Feb 19, 2005 2:15 pm ----------------------------------- I say topics that are 2 months old should be concidered OLD... and no one should post in them -.-