[lit-ideas] Re: okay, one last time

Am I the only person here who downloads gmail posts and replies
using a normal mailer?  (It's easier for me as my Net
connection's unreliable.)  I don't think the UK version of gmail
differs from the US one.

Instructions on doing that are here:



http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273


Judy
> Paul, Phil,
>
> For what it's worth, I have switched  entirely to Gmail. I
access Gmail
> through my browser,  where I have Gmail bookmarked and included
in my
> toolbar list of programs for easy access. On the notebook I am
using just
> now the browser is Firefox 2.0 (a free download for anyone who
wants it) and
> Gmail is the home page, so every time I restart the browser,
Gmail is the
> first thing that appears.
>
> Spellcheck is, as Phil points out, available. Google Help
(button is top of
> the thread, right hand corner) says,
>
> ---------
>
>
>
>  How do I use spell check? It's easy to check your spelling
while composing
> Gmail messages. Here's how:
>
>    1. Click 'Check spelling' along the top of the message
you're
>    composing.
>    2. Click the misspelled word (highlighted in yellow) to see
Gmail's
>    suggestions for similar words.
>    3. Select a suggested word from the list to replace the
misspelled
>    word.
>    4. Click 'Done' along the top of the message to continue
composing, or
>    click 'Send' to send your message.
>
> Gmail's spellchecker operates in the same language you've
selected for your
> interface. If you compose a message in a language other than
your interface
> language, you can check the spelling of that message, too -- 
just click the
> arrow next to 'Check spelling' to select the appropriate
language. *This
> feature is not available in Gmail's basic HTML view.
>
> ---------------*
> You probably don't need to worry about  "basic HTML view." The
standard view
> works just fine in the following list of supported browsers.
>
>
>    - IE 5.5+ (download:
>
Windows<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.asp
>)
>
>    - Netscape 7.1+ (download:
> Windows<http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp>
>    Mac <http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp>
> Linux<http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp>)
>
>    - Mozilla 1.4+ (download:
> Windows<http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/>
>    Mac <http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/>
> Linux<http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/>)
>
>    - Firefox 0.8+ (download:
Windows<http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/>
>    Mac <http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/>
> Linux<http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/>)
>
>    - Safari 1.3+ (download: Mac
<http://www.apple.com/safari/download/>)
>
> You will only have problems is you are using an older browser,
e.g.,
>
>
>    - IE 4.0+
>    - Netscape 4.07+
>    - Opera 6.03+
>
> --------------------
>
> I wasn't sure myself how I would like not having folders. Now I
am a convert
> to tags, the system Gmail uses instead.
>
> Tags can be used just like folders. In fact, if you assign only
one tag per
> message  the difference is only verbal. You can create filters
that assign
> tags automatically in just the same way that you can set up
your current
> mail program to sort messages for you. The beauty of tags,
however, is that
> a message can have more than one. Each message becomes, in
effect, like a
> library catalog card that can be found using any of the tags
assigned to it.
> (I could, for example, tag this message with both "lit-ideas"
and "Paul
> Stone" and find it either way. So what? You say. Well, suppose
I have
> private conversations with Paul as well as those that appear on
lit-ideas.
> They can be tagged just "Paul Stone." Then, some time in the
future, when I
> can't remember if that message I got from Paul was via
lit-ideas or not,  I
> just click on "Paul Stone" in my tag list and I get all
messages from Paul.)
>
> To me, however, the tags are a minor feature. What has really
sold me on
> Gmail are (1) access to my mail from any computer on the
Internet, anywhere
> in the world and (2) the fact that Gmail gives me three
gigabytes of storage
> where everything I send is stored until I deliberately get rid
of it.
>
> (1) means to me that even if my computer were to crash or be
stolen while I'
> am traveling, I can still get to my email, from my hotel or an
Internet
> cafe.
>
> (2)the storage means that I don't lose mail stored on my hard
disk if my
> hard disk crashes. In effect, my local hard disk is just my
local backup in
> the unlikely case that  Gmail's servers go down.
>
> I should also note that (2) has saved me a lot of trouble on
those occasions
> when I have done work for one of my clients on my laptop, then
get back to
> my office am sitting in front of my office computer and realize
that I left
> the laptop at home and didn't transfer the workfile to my flash
memory stick
> before rushing out the door. I just fire up Gmail, search for
messages sent
> to the client in question and, there it is, the file I sent,
still attached
> to the message.
>
> And, no, I do not work for Gmail. I'm just a very happy user.
>
> John
>
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