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Outlook 2007--downgrade no longer
- mattculbreth 20y agoI've switched to web-based mail entirely. I've still got Outlook 2007 for a bit of lingering corporate mail, but I've switched fully over to GMail for both personal and my startup's use. That's one thing I've found interesting about Xobni. I wonder how many of their peers (us I guess) actually use Outlook?
- brezina 20y agoAmong our startup friends there are only a few Outlook users. Among our friends in the population at large, nearly everyone uses Outlook for their work email. Most of the big sneezers in the valley also use Outlook.
- mattculbreth 20y agoOk, thanks for the answer. Do you have any plans for non-Outlook users? GMail for example?
- brezina 20y agoWe'll have to wait and see..
- gibsonf1 20y agoThis is probably a dumb question (I checked out Gmail yesterday): Is there a way to import outlook email into Gmail? (I have several gigs)
- benhoyt 20y agoWhat about using Google Desktop to index your email? I use Gmail (brilliant search) but still download my email into Thunderbird every so often for a backup. Then Google Desktop indexes my Thunderbird mail nicely, and I can find it just by "hitting" Ctrl twice. gibsonf1, as for importing Outlook email, Gmail can't do it directly, but here's a tool: http://www.marklyon.org/gmail/. http://www.marklyon.org/gmail/. Not sure I'd recommend importing "several gigs" though -- Gmail allows up to 2.8GB. I'd probably just switch but keep Outlook and index your old mail with Google Desktop. Gmail is brilliant (as long as you have broadband).
- mattculbreth 20y agoThat's a good idea on backups. It's nice to have an offline repository for your email. I use a Mac but I could do the same thing with Thunderbird/Mail and Spotlight.
- andreyf 20y agoI never got that... what's the point of backup up GMail? Aren't the chances of a local copy going bad 100's of times greater than GMail losing your mail?
- mattculbreth 20y agoThe point would be offline access to email. I used to use Outlook in disconnected mode on planes, back when I got a couple hundred emails a day. It made a big difference. Thankfully I don't get that volume of email right now.
- benhoyt 20y agoYeah, Gmail's probably got good backups, and I love it, but I'm not fond of putting all my eggs in one basket. Plus, Gmail's down occasionally, and it's a real hassle not being able to even view/search old emails when that happens, or when you don't have a net connection.