Hi,

I've been debating for a while about getting Gmail, but a few of my friends said it was horrible. I would like to know if it is really worth it getting another email account. What are the benifits and the bad things, too?

Thanks,

Erich B

This post has been edited by microscopic^earthling: Aug 26 2005, 04:06 AM

Gmail is brilliant! It beats other email providers easily!
Have a look around he forums, there have been quite a few other posts regarding Gmail and comparing it to other (lesser) email providers. Have a quick look for them, I'm pretty sure you'll find your answers there.

Hope this helps
saxsux

PS Welcome to Astahost! Enjoy your time here!

Gmail Pros - Reliable, huge storgae capacity, awesome interface, little/no spam, good support, fast, it stores emails/replies together in a tabbed chat log style so a big email convo is easily found in one spot rather then having to find all the original emails, etc

Gmail cons - None. People who hate gmail should be kicked in the sack. It's better then aaaaaaaaaaaany email I've used...bar none. Get one today and drop the old accounts you have

It does have ad sensitive ads... meaning gmail has hardware scan your emails for key words and then places ads that relate to the mail content. Some ppl freak over privacy issues relating to this. In reality its just like scanning a file for anything else... if it finds certain words it places certain ads. Its not like they actually look into your email.

I like Gmail because I don't have to delete anything. Far more storage space than any other web-based email provider.

I've been a Yahoo user but if I ever have to change my email for some odd reason, I think i'll try Gmail! It sounds very nice! too bad my email is used a lot so changing it would really stink

go for it man. don't hesitate. Im using it. Everybody's using it.

of course gmail is the best there is around today. and nothing comes close to it, in terms of speed, storage, being on the cutting edge. notice how all the other email providers come out with toned-down versions of what GMAIL offered first? their big selling point for me personally is their free POP3 access, and the size of the mailbox. i never have to delete mail as it grows almost faster than i fill it. extremely fast also in replying... just pops open the bottom of the page, unlike yahoo which loads a new page. it's not much difference in the world of high speed internet, but for those of us who can't get broadband, every page load request counts. and as far as scanning your email for targeted advertising, who doesn't do that? every email service provider does the same thing, and sells your info to interested advertising companies as well. security's a joke in any open email. so quit whining about it and use PGP or some other encryption software.

Interested, wazzupster?
I'd be more than happy to send you (or anyone else for that matter) an invite for gmail. If you want one, email me - saxsux@gmail.com

For the problem of having to change everything from your current e-mail addy to gmail:

There are free email forwarding services out there so that you don't have to go to any trouble beyond typing in old and new e-mail addresses. The link I just gave is one of about eight gajillion - just in case you ever decide that you want to give gmail or any other service a try. In most cases, you can undo the forward (or reverse it even) if you decide that the new email host stinks.

Emails have their own pros and cons. There are no perfect email in the world. It only be best if the function of the emails works best on you.
Both yahoo mail and gmail i like so both of them i currently using for a different purpose.

In gmail i cant make folder for a certain emails. But in yahoo i can create.

It the way how you use the email and what functions of it that suits you that's the best email for you.

:-)