Gmail gets POP3!!!

[Subway]

http://slashdot.org/articles/04/11/1...?tid=217&tid=1

http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/...72877896362408

Yes!

Fredi

[chris-harry]

gmail is cool... i love it... its faster then any other FREE email... and the space... man, its like the ipod except with email.

nothing will change my mind, not even fancy words like "fast food".

[PAlexC]

No POP access for me right now. Boooooo.

[the sherrif]

A few people at /. recon we'll get injected ads or have to pay a small fee - how else is google going to profit from a POP service?

I prefer gmails GUI anyway, Its really cooool.

[chris-harry]

google is already a really expensive company, about over a billion $$... thats where they get their money. and i havent been billed for a small fee, nor do they take you credit card number... so, how are you going to pay 'em?

I prefer gmails GUI anyway, Its really cooool.

same...

[the sherrif]

and i havent been billed for a small fee, nor do they take you credit card number... so, how are you going to pay 'em?

youll have a pop service that has injected ads, or if you want to get rid of them, you pay up. Since gmail is still in beta, the payment probably wont start until it goes live.

[chris-harry]

aww well, you get like 10 adds with hotmail... really, i just ignore them... you must say, it will still be good with the adds...

[TheOriginalFlashDavo]

Yeah, will follow Hotmail's way of delivering it - though hopefully learning from their mistakes.

And anything that offers the same (or better) service but isn't MS has to be good!

[acb460acb]

odd.. my account password isn't working in pop3 for some reason..

[WannaBe_80z]

i really like the gmail site...no need for POP3


and how long is it going to be in Beta...i think everyone who is going to have it and use it...has it already

[Subway]

I just got it:

POP, or Post Office Protocol, lets you download messages from Gmail's servers onto your computer so you can access your mail with a program like Microsoft Outlook Express or Netscape Mail, even when you aren’t connected to the Internet.

POP access is free for all Gmail users and we have no plans to charge.

* Over the next several weeks, we are introducing POP access to all of our users. To make sure the feature is fully stable, we're giving users access to POP in phases. Once POP access is available to you, a 'New Features!' link appears at the top of your account, along with a 'Forwarding and POP' tab on your 'Settings' page.

works fine.

Everyone else got it?

Fredi

[iForgotMyPassword]

Originally posted by Subway

Everyone else got it?

We are nerds... what do you think....

[Subway]

Just seen that I got it for all my accounts, so I guess most here will have it either.

Anyway, finaly only one window/page to read the mails of all my gmail accounts.

Fredi

[The_Xell]

I think Thunderbird should support Gmail and have it's layout similar to the Gmail GUI.

Woo!

P.S - Sub, why didn't you just forward the emails from all the accounts to one of them or summit?

[N_R_D]

Anyone have an extra invite?

[The_Xell]

Really like the new site you've got there N_R_D!
Sorry, fresh outta invites.

[N_R_D]

Originally posted by The_Xell
Really like the new site you've got there N_R_D!

Thanks, just need to FINISH it

I have been playing with a new idea...

Spinner

and it has been consuming me

[Subway]

Originally posted by The_Xell
P.S - Sub, why didn't you just forward the emails from all the accounts to one of them or summit?

5GB into one Gmail account.

Nah, real reason is that the other accounts are more like big archives and they would have a similar impact as spam in my main account.

Fredi

[ihoss.com]

suby, do you have all your accounts with pop? I'm having problems recieving my mail in Thunderbird. But I can send it just fine

[Subway]

Originally posted by ihoss.com
suby, do you have all your accounts with pop?

Yes. Always use your full email address and not just the first part (username ...), some of the help pictures on the gmail help pages are completly wrong, just ignore them, the help text should be correct.

Fredi