Comments on: Why I Don’t Use GMail (and Other 3rd Party Email Services)

By: jwitt

jwitt — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:19:22 +0000

Personally, I am a little hesitant about replying to someone who is using a gmail (or other web based e-mail account) particularly when the discussion is business related. It gives me the impression that it is some kind of scam.

By: SEO for Yahoo Small Business - Terry Reeves

SEO for Yahoo Small Business - Terry Reeves — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:08:41 +0000

The ability to send, receive and reply to mail sent to my domain mail account is the only reason I considered using Gmail. Over the summer, while planning a vacation, I started using the Gmail account to access my email accounts in one location and I have never stopped using it.

No problems so far.

By: Max Jackson

Max Jackson — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:42:54 +0000

Free email services are great for personal use, but not very good for business purposes.

James Brausch has suggested some alternatives to these email accounts.

By: Terry Barker

Terry Barker — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:41:00 +0000

I applied for a gmail account because Hanif Khaki suggested it in one of his articles.

I didn’t realise you could use your own domain though, it’s much better than squirrelmail! (Horde isn’t set up on my server)

By: boris

boris — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:48:37 +0000

I take many precautions not to appear in any search results. When I googled my name I was horrified to see that Yahoo had placed a private email that contained my actual mailing address into the search results! The eventually took care of the problem but never apologized… That was scary!

By: Brian Mark

Brian Mark — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:13:47 +0000

I checked my gmail account and have 5.6 gigs available. 2.5 just doesn’t begin to cover it any more.

By: Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:36:04 +0000

I agree with you, but Google Apps lets you use your own domain. Also, I use Horde and it really is a joke compared to Horde’s interface, a joke. In fact, I am thinking of moving my domain to Google Apps and using it through IMAP as well as use Gmail if I ever need it.