I still use Outlook (2013). My concerns with Gmail were similar to Bott's. Plus Outlook.com now supports IMAP. Mostly the thing with Gmail is that while it works well, it has some arcane features with respect to keeping your mail organized that were annoying. It was becoming an increasing bother to delete mail from folders, then have to find it and delete it in deleted mail and then again in All Mail. Outlook.com works very well with Outlook 2013. The principle advantage it my mail is synched on all machines on which I view it and with the Outlook.com / Outlook connection, keeping things tidy and organized is just easier. One last thing: While I'm not crazy about privacy, it seems clear that the price you pay for google is allowing them to snoop. Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MSO@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:53 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Gmail to Outlook =========== I recently migrated from Gmail to Outlook.com using Windows Live Mail as an intermediary. I will caution it was painstaking moving the mail, but overall the process worked well. =========== A longtime Outlook user, your post was interesting to me as I personally experience far more people moving the other way (Outlook to Gmail). I'd love to have your personal reflections on the motivation for your move. James S. Huggins ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************