I got my hotmail email account with everyone else back in the 90s and only in the past 3 years or so moved over to Gmail, Google's email service. I'm not sure how much good stuff I can say about this.
2.8 GB of storage. For those that don't know, that's a lot. In fact, I have barely scratched the surface on my account. No more complaints from friends that they can't send me messages because my account is full.Ability to search your email including options like "From: Melissa Subject: cell number" Conversation style viewing of messages. In other words, if you and another person exchange emails back and forth 15 times, it only shows once on your screen, not 15 times. Ability to automatically store messages from certain people to certain folders (called labels) Google Talk IM service is built into the webmail screen and it emails the person the message if they are no longer online Ability to start typing email addresses or contact names and it automatically pops up matches and you just have to hit your enter key for it to fill it all in. Automatically stores message as drafts if it takes you to long to think of what you're typing Gmail notifier is a tool that is displayed in your taskbar and lights up when it recognizes new emails. No more checking emails 800 times a day. And my favorite new feature is Gmail is now a POP3 service and I can check up to 5 other accounts within one login AND when I compose a message, I can pick which from address I want to send the email with. LOVE. IT. There are more features which I haven't even tapped into like Gmail mobile and Gmail for your domain. The good news is the product is constantly changing and it's not just fluff of making the screen look prettier, it is genuine user friendly features that make email a fast, reliable and sometimes even fun service. And as of this month, registration does not require an invitation from anyone, so have at it!
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I've been looking to sign up with Gmail for a long time but didn't know anyone to ask for an invite. This is excellent. Thanks for the heads-up Amy!
Sameh | March 8, 2007 11:02 AM
March 8, 2007 11:02
No problem! I don't know why I'm so excited about Gmail but yay!
amy | March 8, 2007 1:52 PM
March 8, 2007 13:52