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I've just about reached that frustration point as well. Any regrets with the move?

by fortes 16y ago

drivebyacct2 16y ago
No. I couldn't be happier. I have my gmail account setup to pull all of my email out of my other accounts (school and first@last) automatically. (They all get marked as unread since its POP, but that's okay; it's better than manually forwarding all the mail since I want to keep the old stuff. Not even sure if that's possible). So all my mail got migrated and is continually migrated so the other accounts stay empty. The labeling feature, instantaneous syncing to my phone, search, etc... all the reasons gmail rocks, but now for all of my email. My mail is auto labeled when it is pulled through POP so I still know what account it was sent to, plus I'm already feeling way more on top of my inbox because I keep my email color labeled by project, etc. Sooooo nice. The Android Gmail app sync is so fast that it gets to my phone before the browser extension tells me I have mail.
jasonbarone 16y ago
For me, yes. You lose all of your vanity URLs from Profiles, Youtube, Blogger, etc because you can't move those to your new account. You'll still have to manage 2 Google Accounts. Everything actually becomes MORE difficult because managing multiple accounts using the new "Multiple Sign on" feature is terrible. You constantly have to switch between accounts and many times if you switch accounts in one tab, a previously open tab is still in your other account. If you try to Compose Email, or Add a Cal Event, or something else, you'll get prompted for errors because Google doesn't know which account you're on. This is terrible for Youtube (which isn't compatible with Multiple Sign on). These new transitioned accounts are a complete disaster for existing users who have been using Google services. You can't merge your accounts at all, so plan on managing multiple accounts. It's sad too because the existing users were the ones who cried out for help on Google's forums. Existing users are the ones with the problems that need to be solved. Unfortunately these new transitioned Apps account do nothing for us...
- drivebyacct2 16y ago
  Uh, we were talking about ditching the custom domain and pulling everything into a regular @gmail account.

I've just about reached that frustration point as well. Any regrets with the move?

by fortes 16y ago

I've just about reached that frustration point as well. Any regrets with the move?

No. I couldn't be happier. I have my gmail account setup to pull all of my email out of my other accounts (school and first@last) automatically. (They all get marked as unread since its POP, but that's okay; it's better than manually forwarding all the mail since I want to keep the old stuff. Not even sure if that's possible). So all my mail got migrated and is continually migrated so the other accounts stay empty. The labeling feature, instantaneous syncing to my phone, search, etc... all the reasons gmail rocks, but now for all of my email. My mail is auto labeled when it is pulled through POP so I still know what account it was sent to, plus I'm already feeling way more on top of my inbox because I keep my email color labeled by project, etc. Sooooo nice. The Android Gmail app sync is so fast that it gets to my phone before the browser extension tells me I have mail.

jasonbarone 16y ago

For me, yes. You lose all of your vanity URLs from Profiles, Youtube, Blogger, etc because you can't move those to your new account. You'll still have to manage 2 Google Accounts. Everything actually becomes MORE difficult because managing multiple accounts using the new "Multiple Sign on" feature is terrible. You constantly have to switch between accounts and many times if you switch accounts in one tab, a previously open tab is still in your other account. If you try to Compose Email, or Add a Cal Event, or something else, you'll get prompted for errors because Google doesn't know which account you're on. This is terrible for Youtube (which isn't compatible with Multiple Sign on). These new transitioned accounts are a complete disaster for existing users who have been using Google services. You can't merge your accounts at all, so plan on managing multiple accounts. It's sad too because the existing users were the ones who cried out for help on Google's forums. Existing users are the ones with the problems that need to be solved. Unfortunately these new transitioned Apps account do nothing for us...

drivebyacct2 16y ago
Uh, we were talking about ditching the custom domain and pulling everything into a regular @gmail account.