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What 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. Th
by benhoyt 20y ago
What 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.