Sorry, I have not read the whole thread, Has anyone determined how secure this is? Thank You -Doug Rooney Sonoma TileMakers 7750 Bell Rd. Windsor Ca, 95492 837-8177 X25 doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Reese Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 10:20 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Fwd: FW: GMail Drive shell extension I think gmail imits you to slightly less than 10MB per attachment and I think there is a 40 character filename limit as well. Greg On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:09:22 -0700, Steve Greenberg <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I guess the main question I have about this is if there are any hard, > or practical, limits to the files sizes you can send. It sounds like > an interface between a file manager and an email attachment, I have > concerns about using for many files or large files. Has anyone tried > this? > > > Steve Greenberg > Thin Client Computing > 34522 N. Scottsdale Rd. suite D8453 > Scottsdale, AZ 85262 > (602) 432-8649 > (602) 296-0411 fax > steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Joshua Owen > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 5:40 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Fwd: FW: GMail Drive shell extension > > FYI, seen as how so many of you have gmail accounts, thought this > might be of interest. > > GMail Drive shell extension > > GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual > filesystem around your Google GMail account, allowing you to use GMail > as a storage medium. > > GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google GMail > account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your > GMail account directly from inside Windows Explorer. GMail Drive > literally adds a new drive to your computer under the My Computer > folder, where you can create new folders, copy and drag'n'drop files > to. > > Ever since Google started to offer users a GMail e-mail account, which > includes storage space of a 1000 megabytes, you have had plenty of > storage space but not a lot to fill it up with. With GMail Drive you > can easily copy files to your GMail account and retrieve them again. > When you create a new file using GMail Drive, it generates an e-mail > and posts it to your account. The e-mail appears in your normal Inbox > folder, and the file is attached as an e-mail attachment. GMail Drive > periodically checks your mail account (using the GMail search > function) > to see if new files have arrived and to rebuild the directory > structures. But basically GMail Drive acts as any other hard-drive > installed on your computer. > > You can copy files to and from the GMail Drive folder simply by using > drag'n'drop like you're used to with the normal Explorer folders. > > Because the GMail files will clutter up your Inbox folder, you may > wish to create a filter in GMail to automatically move the files > (prefixed with the GMAILFS letters) to your archived mail folder. > > Please note that GMail Drive is still an experimental tool. There's > still a number of limitations of the file-system (such as total > filename size must be less than 40 characters), and it doesn't make > full use of the secure internet protocols available. > ******************************************************** > This Weeks Sponsor RTO Software > Do you know which applications are abusing your CPU and memory? > Would you like to learn? -- Free for a limited time! > Get the RTO Performance Analyzer to quickly learn the applications, > users, and time of day possible problems exist. > http://www.rtosoft.com/enter.asp?id=320 > ********************************************************** > Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: > http://thin.net/links.cfm > *********************************************************** > For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode > use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm > > ******************************************************** > This Weeks Sponsor RTO Software > Do you know which applications are abusing your CPU and memory? > Would you like to learn? -- Free for a limited time! > Get the RTO Performance Analyzer to quickly learn the applications, > users, and time of day possible problems exist. > http://www.rtosoft.com/enter.asp?id=320 > ********************************************************** > Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: > http://thin.net/links.cfm > *********************************************************** > For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or > set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: > http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm > ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor RTO Software Do you know which applications are abusing your CPU and memory? 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