What's the best alternative to gmail?
I ask for several reasons, not just that today there's another massive fault with gmail's system. I've used and dislike both Yahoo and Hotmail. I've been a gmail user since forever and have liked it until recently.
Time has come to search for alternatives. What's out there?
posted by NorthCoastCafe
on Sep 24, 2009 -
28 answers
I made a not-awful email newsletter in Microsoft Publisher. Now I want to send it via Gmail. Help!
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posted by lunasol
on Sep 9, 2009 -
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How do I sync two IMAP folders? I currently use Gmail for all my e-mail (personal & work). I currently have about 4,000+ messages archived in Gmail and I'll continue to add 300-500 per month.
I also have a IMAP account with my webhost and I was wondering if there was any type of application or script that would connect to the Gmail IMAP servers and backup/sync all of my mail so I know that in addition to being in Gmail's cloud....it is also on my IMAP server in case something happens.
Thoughts?
posted by 4chrisd
on Sep 6, 2009 -
4 answers
Gmail was down this afternoon. What, exactly, is happening when gmail is "down," and what are the kind of things that can cause something like Google/gmail to not work?
posted by MoreForMad
on Sep 1, 2009 -
14 answers
Email-filter: I have promised to help my aunt set up an email account. She is totally computer illiterate. Doesn't own a computer, probably doen't know how to turn one on, but wants to email her granddaughter who just started college. Help me pick the best email service for her!
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posted by SuperErin
on Aug 24, 2009 -
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Is it possible to get Gmail notifier to work with a Google Accounts email address?
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posted by bove
on Aug 20, 2009 -
12 answers
I deleted 267,000 messages from my gmail account and now, when I log in, I see a Temporary Error (500) / Numeric Code 93 message. Emails sent to me are bouncing. It's been five days.
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posted by ph00dz
on Aug 19, 2009 -
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I'm a member of hundreds of Facebook groups, which I enjoy except for the fact that their owners sometimes send me a direct email. The result is dozens of direct emails that I can't seem to find a setting inside Facebook to block. So then I move to my Gmail filters. Is there a way to filter out the Facebook group mails using Gmail filters? The identifying feature of mails from groups is that their subject header contains quote marks, so the sender is always Facebook and the subject header is always: "Group Name" sent you a message on Facebook. My question is: how do I teach Gmail to distinguish between these mails and mails from my actual friends, which don't have the quote marks around them?
posted by skylar
on Aug 18, 2009 -
4 answers
Work is thinking about banning access to Gmail, Facebook, Hotmail and other third-party email and social networking sites. Help me convince them not to?
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posted by raf
on Aug 14, 2009 -
37 answers
How do I work with both my Google Apps Calendar and my Gmail calendar? Bonus points: on a G1/Android phone.
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posted by zippy
on Jul 31, 2009 -
5 answers
I have the strangest Gmail issue. My account was hacked and while google responded very quickly I am left with an odd result after my account was returned to me.
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posted by rtimmel
on Jul 29, 2009 -
7 answers
Are there any Google insiders here who can persuade the Gmail team to reinstate right-side labels?
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posted by flabdablet
on Jul 20, 2009 -
12 answers
Is there any hack/extension/userscript/filter that can put a "last reply by" in Gmail?
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posted by melissam
on Jul 17, 2009 -
1 answer
Why does Google Groups keep emailing me informing me I can't post in a certain group, when I've never tried to?
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posted by srrh
on Jul 4, 2009 -
2 answers
I am accessing my work email using gmail, and I need help satisfying my company's backup requirements. Help?
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posted by kdern
on Jun 30, 2009 -
19 answers
My mother had forgotten her Gmail password and no longer had access to the e-mail address that was used to set up the account. I used the form Google provides for this situation but there seems to have been a problem.
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posted by Tenuki
on Jun 23, 2009 -
3 answers
I just installed Thunderbird and added my gmail account. Thunderbird only wants to "get" about 100 emails at a time. I have many thousands of emails. Is there any way to make Thunderbird get all of my emails in one go? I don't want to sit here pressing "get mail" indefinitely.
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posted by prefpara
on Jun 9, 2009 -
6 answers
After reading
this AskMe, I decided to use Mac's Mail program to keep copies of my messages on my gmail account on my computer. However, I wanted to use the "IMAP" option to keep copies of all my mail both on the web, in gmail, and on my computer, in Mac Mail. Instead, something else happened and now I'm in trouble.
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posted by foxy_hedgehog
on May 18, 2009 -
7 answers
What is the best way to sync my contacts (name, email, phone number) between my iPhone, MacBook Pro, and Gmail? I am using Address Book at the moment but should I be using something else?
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posted by decrescendo
on May 3, 2009 -
8 answers
What do I need to be aware of when switching a client from ISp-provided email to Google-provided email?
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posted by drjimmy11
on Apr 29, 2009 -
6 answers
My mom's Gmail account keeps throwing up the CAPTCHA at login, blocking her mail clients. Why?
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posted by woot
on Apr 28, 2009 -
9 answers
Need to extract and electronically preserve approximately 500 emails from a GMAIL account, out of approximately 5,000 emails.
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posted by Mr_Crazyhorse
on Apr 21, 2009 -
12 answers
Blackberry-wanna-get-GMail-filter ......... The business that I work for gave me a Blackberry. I can get my
work e-mails no problem. Is it possible to add my
personal GMail account seperately? If yes, is there any potential for IT at my company to access my GMail?
posted by Dave.
on Apr 6, 2009 -
11 answers
Initiating an HR investigation, need to print hundreds of emails from gmail. Possible?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 5, 2009 -
4 answers
In my Gmail sidebar contacts list, a contact shows up with a greyed-out "Invited" next to their name. Does this mean that I have invited them to chat, or that they have invited me to chat? I still have the "invite to chat" option available, and I can't remember if I did send a chat invite. Thanks in advance, hivemind.
posted by Inspector.Gadget
on Apr 4, 2009 -
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When I logged into Gmail recently, the contact list in my chat box was mostly populated by a number of instances of the word "sharfai" -- which corresponds in no way to any of my actual contacts, didn't show up in a Gmail search, and has next to no results in Google search.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 27, 2009 -
2 answers
What is the easiest and free way to send reminder emails to others on scheduled dates in the future so they remember to do something they agreed to?
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posted by amalgamator
on Mar 24, 2009 -
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About a year ago, I accidentally archived a ton of old emails in my Gmail account, without putting any labels on any of them. (I
thought I knew how archiving worked at the time, but obviously I was wrong)
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posted by hasna
on Mar 12, 2009 -
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We're recommending the migration of a client's web-based email service from Squirrelmail to Gmail (via Google Apps Premiere). What's the most painless way to do this?
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posted by jacksides
on Mar 10, 2009 -
4 answers
What would migrating an Outlook Exchange email system with Google's business Gmail?
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posted by gttommy
on Feb 26, 2009 -
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I'm using Gmail with IMAP, and Mail.app (and an iPhone, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't matter for these purposes). How can I erase the old messages in the "Sent" folder on my desktop app without erasing them on Gmail?
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posted by veggieboy
on Feb 14, 2009 -
3 answers
In Gmail, is it possible to create a label for certain emails, and then filter out only the
sent mail to those addresses?
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posted by zardoz
on Feb 13, 2009 -
5 answers
So, with Gmail getting Gears support, is it time to give up on a stand-alone email client?
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posted by Ookseer
on Feb 11, 2009 -
7 answers
I'm trying to set up my Gmail account so that I can use my non-gmail account as a sender, however, I can't receive the confirmation code necessary to verify that the non-gmail address is my account. What gives?
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posted by chara
on Feb 10, 2009 -
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