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I love the idea if it will stop all those suckers that keep forwarding all those feel-good emails.
Just because it says \"Forward to all your friends\", don't think your friends will love you for it if you do.
I just forward them, along with spam to the FTC's email spam@uce.gov
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whats a good easy way to back up all those emails automatically?
perhaps to somewhere offsite aka not my home computer. would yahoo allow me to do a pop3 download every few hours automatically of my gmail account?
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Here's a corny idea.. Use Evite or similar services to notify everyone of your new e-mail address. For people that have hundreds of contacts in their address book, this might be a good way to get the message out without appearing to look like a spammer to your e-mail provider or ISP.
@ closer
just use Thunderbird and set it to POP all your Gmail down to your machine every few minutes/hours/days. Then, periodically backup your email folder.
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\"spam@uce.gov\"
Heh, what a joke that address is. I bet there's only one guy there and he's starting on the January 1995 reports.
\"we finally convinced our girlfriend\"
I always say, sharing is caring.
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Personally, I always recommend you send your \"change of address\" spam (sing!) out from the account you're *leaving*. For basically this reason - if you have any problems as a result, then who cares?
@oncewascool: Chain letters are annoying, but they're not commercial email, so please don't report them as such.
@LatherRinseRepeat: Why not send notifications from your old email address? I don't think it's really appropriate to give someone's email address to a third party like that. Even if you have decided that their TOS are acceptable to you, it's not your decision to make for someone else. The last person who sent me one of those evite things is not allowed to have my email address anymore.
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For a free service its pretty nice, but if you are running a business, you probably ought to be investing in something more reliable.
I used to get locked out of gmail. I finally figured out it was their own auto-notifier that was tripping it. that really sucked
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That sucks big time! I haven't been locked out yet, but two weeks ago I could log into my gmail account. It kept saying that there was an error and to try again in a few minutes.
It was pretty lame not to be able to access my email.
@mikesfree: I totally agree. It's a free service - you get what you pay for. If Google decided tomorrow to drop gmail - they can (and piss people off). Running a business from a free email service is not smart - using it as a back up is smarter (i.e. have a copy of all emails sent to gmail, hotmail, yahoo, or whatever, so you've got a main business account and backups online).
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This is off-topic, and I know it's been brought up before, but seriously -- what is the deal with the royal \"we\"? It's an affectation that gets really grating post after post.
I understand the style choice, I guess, since you guys want to look like a team/unit. But I think it's a bad choice, particularly since you all have your own bylines.
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@spanky QUOTE
The last person who sent me one of those evite things is not allowed to have my email address anymore.
I bet that person was your mother in-law! ;)
Of course, you do remember that Gmail is in beta.
Right?
Right?
It's a convenient way to avoid providing any meaningful support for an app that could conceivably just disappear with no warning and no compunction on Google's part.
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Google - Brilliant people making brilliant products making the same stupid-ass error handling mistakes as the not-good-enough-for-Google programmers they don't hire.
They did it to me just yesterday. I was using a Perl script to back up a folder of my mail (since they don't allow you to download it directly). I got an error saying my account had been frozen for up to 24 hours. It was back within an hour, but my mind is busy trying to figure out an alternative service, now that they can't be trusted. :(
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I'm not sure what everyone is complaining about. It seems to me that it is an issue that is not-too-common because it only happens when people do not-too-common things. 167 contacts? :o Does the average Joe have that many contacts in his gmail? Also, if it disturbs your business - guess what? You're not PAYING for it! :) Anyway, feel good that they at least give you a link to reinstate. If it were Microsoft, you'd be SOL.
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Actually, this message was posted to the Gmail Help Discussion board (http://tinyurl.com/2cocq8) at 2:12pm today:
\"We have been actively investigating a batch of accounts that were
accidentally disabled and are currently in the process of re-enabling
these accounts. This error occurred in an effort to target a large
network of spammers to keep them out of the Gmail system and keep your
inbox free from spam. We apologize for this inconvenience and
appreciate your patience as we re-enable these accounts as quickly as
possible.
Thanks ~
Gmail Guide\"
So,the point is -- they accidentally disabled/impaired/detained a bunch of people's email accounts (hundreds, maybe thousands) while looking for terrorists...uh, I mean spammers Sound familiar?
I know for a fact that several accounts have since been restored. Still, it doesn't exactly instill confidence.
I agree...\"You get what you pay for.\" is what my Dad always says. I'll probably seek out a more reliable service, less power hungry service, myself.
I had a gmail account for over a year then lost it for no reason. Either somebody hacked it or they deleted it and somebody took the name. I did not send multi emails or use it from different locations. I complained to gmail for three months and heard nothing back. First of all it takes you forever to find the complaint area of the site. You keep getting questions and answers that lead to dead ends. Either they don't know what they are doing or don't care. I was using that account to apply for jobs so if it was hacked they have my info. I will never open another gmail account again.
I thought the whole idea of Gmail was that bots read your mail so you get targeted advertisements alongside it. I wouldn't have guessed Consumerist would be into that.
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Nooooo! This cannot happen to me. I would lose my freaking mind.