Thanks Roxytoo,This may help explain the name change?
I was getting a little confused (not difficult)
Ian
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There is now an extension to Thunderbird which allows it to link to some Webmail servers.vrooje wrote:Daisy,
Yes to all your questions, in brief.I very much like Gmail and highly recommend it.
I have used the POP3 service, but I now tend to just use the webmail, because I like the tags, the way the messages are grouped in threads, and that the message search function brings up entire threads.
But when I did use POP3, I used Thunderbird. I like it a lot more than Outlook.
Alan
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And one small whinge - it's great that Gmail attempts to tidy the messages into correspondence threads, but the sorting isn't perfect, neither chronologically nor by name, which can be very confusing.
It's also very difficult to sort messages if one shares the same first name as the sender - although the email addresses are different it appears to sort by the attached name.
MG
It's also very difficult to sort messages if one shares the same first name as the sender - although the email addresses are different it appears to sort by the attached name.
MG
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According to the Thunderbird Site the Yahoo, Hotmail, Lycos (Europe), MailDotCom, Gmail, Libero, and AOL domains are currently supported.e-richard wrote:Does that include Hotmail ?Alan Knighting wrote:There is now an extension to Thunderbird which allows it to link to some Webmail servers.
(I am expecting a "no" answer !)
Alan
Really? I thought it sorted by message subject! Or do you mean within each thread?although the email addresses are different it appears to sort by the attached name.
Alan, what does the webmail attachment do? I assume it's different than a standard POP3 connection to Gmail.
(Daisy, if we are getting too technical, just let us know.)
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I'm not using the extension but I understand it enables Thunderbird to interrogate certain Webmail servers and to handle e-mails found on those servers in the same way as it does POP3 servers.vrooje wrote: Alan, what does the webmail attachment do? I assume it's different than a standard POP3 connection to Gmail.
Alan
This is what I use http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/ ... ndows.html Makes a noise and gives a pop up when a gmail arrives. Handy...
Daisy,
I'm a big fan of gmail too, for pretty much the same reasons others have given.
Esp for the rental business.
Because of the way it keeps "conversations" together, you can hold all your correspondence with one renter together, simply by replying each time rather than sending a new email with a new subject.
And you can archive older messages so that you find them in a search but they're not cluttering up your inbox.
And you can attach labels to emails. eg when I get an inquiry, I label it "inquiry". If that person confirms, I change the label to "guest". Really useful when searching later on.
Sue is right about the notifier - it's brill! It means you don't even have to open your browser to find out if you have emails. And when one comes in, it flashes up the top line so that if you're in front of your computer and busy with something else, you can glance and see if it warrants immediate attention or is something that can wait.
As far as I'm concerned the only disadvantage is that I can't create folders and keep my inbox relatively clear. But it's a small thing.
I'm a big fan of gmail too, for pretty much the same reasons others have given.
Esp for the rental business.
Because of the way it keeps "conversations" together, you can hold all your correspondence with one renter together, simply by replying each time rather than sending a new email with a new subject.
And you can archive older messages so that you find them in a search but they're not cluttering up your inbox.
And you can attach labels to emails. eg when I get an inquiry, I label it "inquiry". If that person confirms, I change the label to "guest". Really useful when searching later on.
Sue is right about the notifier - it's brill! It means you don't even have to open your browser to find out if you have emails. And when one comes in, it flashes up the top line so that if you're in front of your computer and busy with something else, you can glance and see if it warrants immediate attention or is something that can wait.
As far as I'm concerned the only disadvantage is that I can't create folders and keep my inbox relatively clear. But it's a small thing.
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I'm sure there're better ways of doing it, but we have several template reply emails setup for incoming enquiries, and we store them in the Gmail Drafts folder (email them to yourself as well).
Then just copy/paste/edit the relevant reply.....especially useful if you've got a stack of links to send as well. And you can always personalise each one before it goes.
Come to think of it, that's not unique to Gmail. How do you delete a post?
MG
Then just copy/paste/edit the relevant reply.....especially useful if you've got a stack of links to send as well. And you can always personalise each one before it goes.
Come to think of it, that's not unique to Gmail. How do you delete a post?
MG