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GMail increasing storage limit
by Larvarin - 4/1/05 10:47 AM In reply to: GMail has server overload problems, etc. by pjbealerHm, well, didn't the news about them increasing the storage limit to 2 GB come out today, April 1? Maybe it's just an april fools joke.
Server Overload
by dolivares44 - 4/1/05 11:26 PM In reply to: GMail has server overload problems, etc. by pjbealerIts funny you mention server overload. I was researching some stuff on the net on thursday March 31 at around 10:30am pacific standard time and I'd thought id run a google search. The website wouldn't come up. At first I thought my dsl was acting up but all other websites came up fine. Even scheduled a few payments on my bank account. Google was down for a good hour or two. Maybe they were working on their servers since they've just increased email accounts to 2 gigs. Maybe not. Anyways, no problems with my gmail account. Love their filter feature.
No, its the best ever!
by moorecats - 4/1/05 9:18 AM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815Gmail is what all email providers should copy!
I love the server side features.. I rarely have to do anything manually. I haven't had any spoofing attacks.
I very very rarely have even gotten spam to my inbox.
I say, open a new account!
take it easy
gmail has been spam free for me for > half an year
by jessl - 4/1/05 10:21 AM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815You don't need a compromised account to be spoofed. If you use that email address in public forum, you CAN become victim of fake spamer's spoof'ed source. I once posted my resume in one of those online job search site and voila! instant spamer attraction!
So be careful when you use your email address in public
online sites. Never give out your email to an unknown site or an unfamiliar site. If you must, use a dedicated "spam collector" public email account for that.
Fornow, your best bet is invite yourself another gmail account, then delete the old one. Be careful from there on.
Jess
Is GMail the Worst eMail Provider Ever Created
by raybay - 4/1/05 11:57 AM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815Not nearly as bad as Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MSN, Hotmail, or Netscape. As a computer technician with a computer repair business covering three counties as well as Northern Mexico, I strongly believe that gMail is one of the best email programs for use as a backup. It handles SPam very well, and gives you ways to deal with other issues. We like it a lot in our business. All our technicians use it. We find no difference in Spoofing from most or our regular ISP's... and is certainly better for Spoofing than AOL, MSN, Hotmail, and several others.
Gmail Response
by xaymaca9 - 4/1/05 12:20 PM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815I'm delighted with Gmail. Once you get use to it, you'll find it great. Gmail. I've had no difficulties with Gmail at all. Been using it for several months
gmail
by melovegames2 - 4/1/05 8:27 PM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815so far, i like it very much . in fact, i have recommended it to many of my families and friends. their feedbacks were all positive!
no problems with gmail
by yongtw123 - 4/1/05 8:27 PM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815gmail is by far the fastest and biggest email inbox i have ever had. i don't have problems with it. maybe your account is being hacked, or the invitation u have is already taken, etc.
maybe a change of password can help?
Unlucky GMailer- Contacts List Complaint
by dtv2001 - 4/2/05 3:22 AM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815I know 4 GMailers including myself and so far no problems with spoofing. The big gripe I have is the inability to be able to group our contacts. I frequently send e-mails/files to about 13 contacts and have to individually check off each contact and hope I don't forget anyone. I'm assuming Google will address this shortly. If you have 30 or more contacts in your GMail it becomes a major annoyance. DTV
Group Contacts in Gmail
by JazGram - 4/2/05 9:45 AM In reply to: Unlucky GMailer- Contacts List Complaint by dtv20011- Create text file of addresses needed in group
(each followed by comma, space)
2 -Copy to "Compose Message" message form
3- Use group name in subject box
4- Send this to yourself at the Gmail address you plan to use for this Contact Group.
5- Create a label 'Contact Groups' or some such.
Now when you want to send a message to a specific group of people, go to that label> open that message> choose 'select all'> copy> paste it into your address box. If you press the Shift Key while hitting
"Compose Message" it will open in a new window and you can copy/paste segments into Cc and Bcc also.
You can use the whole thing in the BBC and use your "spam account" for the TO line.
HTH ... {';'}
gmail and spoofing
by juditte - 4/2/05 5:01 AM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815I've been using gmail since it went to public Beta. No more problems with it than any other mail (for various reasons I use 9 - paid and free but mostly as testing).
Every once in a while someone gets a virus, a worm or spyware on their computer AND one of my addresses just happens to be in their address book. AND that particular malware randomly uses my address as the spoof sender for its evil deeds. This has happened to me 3 times. Not on gmail but on verizon.net, on onebox and on hotmail.
There is nothing you can do. You will get all kinds of bounceback from everywhere because many people use various software programs to sort out junk, or their ISP's do or they have addresses that are send only etc. It usually goes on for about 3 to 6 months. I usually leave that account open but shift my main use to one of my others. Then I go there on a regular basis and simply use the delete key with ferocity.
Nobody has your password - this is just one of the random nuisances we are plagued with. And by the way none of the filters on any of the emails is perfect. Some are better than others but you do need to check your junk or bulk mail at least once a week because once in a while something you want is there.
Gmail's filters seem a bit more random than some others. But they are steadily improving.
I really recommend to everyone that you have at least 3 email accounts with different providers. Use one for friends and family, one for shopping and one for anything else. It won't stop spoofing from happening but it makes email more orderly.
RE: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created?
by EdCold - 4/2/05 8:36 AM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815I enjoyed a GMail account for several months now, and have never had this problem. The same applies to family and friends and their accounts. It sounds like just a bit of bad luck on the part of this user.
Canecling Gmail Account
by cleatus - 4/2/05 8:40 AM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815Make sure that you send yourself another invite to try to set up a new account. (If you want to) It's just like starting over. I have a seperate email account just for filtering out garbage for situations like this. If you can thru your regular ISP make yourself a new account. Then start out using that one on your new google account. It's a good way to start filtering and testing to see how well things go. Afterwards you can either change your forward email address or just sign up seperately for things you may want forwarded to that account. (which may or may not be safer. I think it is safer by re-signing up reather that bringing something in from a seperate account other than a few single items.) It worked for me.
Gmail spoofing
by oldtrucker33 - 4/2/05 9:18 AM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815I have had my gmail for three months now, and have never had a seconds trouble with it. I have not had so much as one piece of spam or junkmail get in, even with no firewall. My isp email account has way more junk than Gmail.
Gmail rocks in my books
Email Junk
by janet611 - 4/3/05 8:34 AM In reply to: Is GMail the worst email provider ever created? by VAF815I think the only way you will not get junk of any kind is if you disconnect from the internet. A friend got a new computer and a new email address and hadn't given it out to anyone even his own kids. And within 2 weeks he was recieving spam. He called his phone company and they told him that it was not from them.
My suggestions are to do what you can with anti virus, spyware clean up programs, pop up blockers and fire walls. Then know that your bank, will NOT email you with any important information, not only your bank but no good company will ever email you and ask you stupid things like to put your login and password in a REPLY to them. If an email header looks funny,odd, or just sets something off in your head delete it. If you are using Outlook Express close the Preview Pane.
I have fun with my computer and am not about to stop using OE so I am very careful what I do.
And now, if it is a FREE download remember that free might mean that you get some extras with it that you don't want....check it out good before downloading and that goes for Bars,Desktop cutsie things. Read their privacy and security policies. You might find that you can live nicely without that Bar thingy...lol
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