A quick question for all you Gmail users

Xein · 31 Jul 2011 at 19:55

I'm looking at changing my email account to Gmail but just looking at what the benefits are as I've seen that its a lot better than hotmail (Which I'm currently using) and I'm wanting to know whether it would be worth the switch and what benefits I would gain or what I would be losing.

I like to create folders to keep things separate, is this possible in Gmail?

Basically what I'm looking for is user experiences and what you like / dislike about using it

Thanks

LiE · 31 Jul 2011 at 19:58

You can't create folders, but you can create labels and assign them to the mail. It's very similar to a folder.

I can't fault Gmail, their spam filter is amazing.

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Jul 2011 at 19:59

Frozo, why not just create your account and have a play with it?

peige · 31 Jul 2011 at 20:01

Like the way it is good at filtering spam, like filters and the ability to label stuff automatically, like the way you can search for anything and find it within your emails, like the way it strings together emails in conversations.
Don't like the fact you can't email exe files.
I don't believe you can create folders but Labels work in pretty much the same way.

Xein · 31 Jul 2011 at 20:02

iDroid84 said:
Frozo, why not just create your account and have a play with it?

Just weighing up the pros and cons first

And I'll probably set up an account shortly

dfarrall · 31 Jul 2011 at 20:06

I really like gmail tbh, you should just set it up and try it out yourself. Set your hotmail emails to forward there.

Plus with google+ ect googling will be dominating the internets soon

Antar Bolaeisk · 31 Jul 2011 at 20:08

peige said:
Don't like the fact you can't email exe files.

Most spam guards will block anything labelled as .exe anyway so the ability to send them isn't really all that useful. Host them somewhere or change the .exe bit to something else such as .changeme

Pho · 31 Jul 2011 at 20:09

GMail is excellent.

Alternatively you can buy your own domain (.co.uk's are about £3/year) and let Google power the email behind it giving you the email interface and all the rest of it as well. Having your own domain is the safest way to keep your email address forever.

Cleeecooo · 31 Jul 2011 at 20:09

I like the fact everything is more interconnected than in a Buddhist's mind

Everything I need can be logged into via gmail! (except OcUK ofcourse!)

Swordfish · 31 Jul 2011 at 20:12

I use Gmail but not the web interface. I use outlook 2010 and download all my emails that way. One of the good thigns is if you delete an email by accident the original is still on the Gmail server as I have it set up to not delete the emails once downloaded via POP. You also have the option of using IMAP.

Got to agreed with LiE the spam filtering is really good.

Xein · 31 Jul 2011 at 20:13

So far it seems all good

I think I'll set an account up shortly after Top Gear

LordSplodge · 31 Jul 2011 at 20:44

Push support for iOS. Gmail rocks. Been in since it was invite only...

Macro · 31 Jul 2011 at 22:19

Which reminds me...

nick1988 · 31 Jul 2011 at 22:20

Been using Gmail since 2005 big fan of it and have always prefered it over hotmail. Great amount of storage and I really like the labels system to keep everything organised.

( |-| |2 ][ $ · 31 Jul 2011 at 22:27

I wish I'd never started using it. I hate that if you're using IMAP and you delete a mail it only archives it.

This is made worse by the fact that you can't group and delete archived mails.