Comments on: Tool to manage multiple Gmail accounts?

Question: Tool to manage multiple Gmail accounts?

agropyron — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:25:31 -0800

Has anyone written a tool that lets you manage multiple Gmail accounts? I'm envisioning something similar to the Gmail notifier, that lets you log on to 3+ accounts at once and easily check them.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:38:36 -0800

Gmail supports IMAP and POP3, so any modern mail reader should do the job. Mail.app on OSX works for me.

By: panoptican

panoptican — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:09:10 -0800

Eprompter works really well.

By: bonaldi

bonaldi — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:19:42 -0800

It doesn't support IMAP. I wish it did.

By: webmeta

webmeta — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:49:16 -0800

I use outlook express. 3 accounts work fine on it. I forward other gmail accounts to these 3 accounts.

By: ptm

ptm — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:28:44 -0800

And Thunderbird works very well for 3 GMail and multiple other accounts, too.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:40:56 -0800

Gtray is the best I've found for that. Functionality comes up a bit short for me, though. The excellent poptray, which I've used for years, has a gmail plugin, but it's a bit flaky. I haven't bothered trying the workaround mentioned in the forums yet.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:57:16 -0800

Note that the gmail plugin is slightly flaky, not poptray itself. The app is pure freeware gold.

By: JPowers

JPowers — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:23:47 -0800

You can always forward all the accounts into one address and then use labels and filters to manage them all. That way you only have to check one, but everything stays nice and tidy. That's what I do.

By: Ferrari328

Ferrari328 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:01:21 -0800

OFFTOPICfilter Jpowers,
if you are forwarding gmail accounts, how did you get that to work?

By: Ferrari328

Ferrari328 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:05:25 -0800

Nevermind my previous post. I just tried it and it works. Sorry Sorry..... Can you remove a post?

By: rio

rio — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:38:22 -0800

maybe this isn't what you mean, but i downloaded this widget and opened three instances of it, and i have each one logged into a different gmail account. it's working fine--turns red when i have a new message and shows how many new messages there are. doesn't show subject/sender or any other information though--have to click on the widget and it opens a browser window automatically logged into the appropriate gmail inbox.

By: agropyron

agropyron — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:02:16 -0800

EPrompter looks totally sweet. I will definitely check it out. Otherwise I will try the Thunderbird route.

Thanks everyone!

By: lambchop1

lambchop1 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:28:04 -0800

You can also get your Gmail through an Atom feed. Instructions are in the Help Center; look for the Atom section. Any aggregator that supports passwords for secure feeds can be used.

It's easy to set up and an ideal solution for multiple Gmail accounts.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:15:07 -0800

Eprompter does not hold a candle to poptray, I'm telling you. But whatever.

By: agropyron

agropyron — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:26:16 -0800

If anyone's still looking at this thread: Eprompter seems to have some serious flaws. It failed to notify me of several emails that had come in.