Gmail Review

[Dane2003]

First, let me start by saying I cant believe this hasnt been published yet and second, I was unable to do a comparison of Gmail and AventureMail due to some rate problems at AventureMail. That will come later as AventureMail lets more accounts in.

Gmail - Googles new e-Mail Service

Google Inc. - Website

1GB of Diskspace

Googles new email service has 1GB of Diskspace, which beats EVERY one of the premium services offered by MSN Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and even AventureMails own service. Instead of deleting email, you can ARCHIVE it, so you never have to get rid of important messages again. Plus Gmail includes a Mail Space indicator.

Search through your email -- with Google Search Technology

You can search your mail messages for words that provide you with information you need. For Example, search "Dave at 10PM", if you wrote the line "Meet Dave at 10PM", it will come up.

Conversation Views

Instead of getting your messages listed as "RE: you", it is listed in one big threaded page like a forum, and you click each reply to expand it and view the replies. Far better than going through tons of replies to find something.

Instead of folders....Labels!

Instead of using Folders, you can store your messages under Labels which act like folders, except you can label an email to several different labels.

Filter your emails...

You can use a feature to "Filter" your email several different ways. Automatic Archiving, Starring, and/or Labeling is available. This means when you specify who the email is from and/or who the email is to, it goes directly into a folder for you.

Starring providing quick access

Starring allows you to provide quick access to an email thats "Important" or otherwise, Just click a star next to the message you want and you can now access that message from the "Starred" link.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Use Keyboard Shortcuts to view your account with ease!

POP3/SMTP Support

-POP3 Checking is only available through third parties (such as "Pop goes the Gmail")

-SMTP is not available

How to get an account

Accounts are not yet available to the General Public. Google is using "Invite-Only" to allow new registrations, it is expected to be released to the General Public soon.

Edited June 20, 2004 by Dane2003

[BigDaddy]

gmail definitely rocks! :D

[trigger_my_passion]

You forgot to mention labels, filters, swiftness of the service, archiving, starring

AND

lack of:

POP3/SMTP, new mail notification, Opera support, Editable notes, calendar

(yet).

[Ivand]

Nice review :D Thanks

[Nathan]

Hmm, bit of a quick review...

As stated above, you forgot to mention filters, labels, speed, starring, etc.. You said you never have to delete, yet that's what you can do with Pop3 personal e-mails and your own server or OE. You also forgot the spam filters, which is very important. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood, sorry for criticising...

[nuka_t]

lack of:

Opera support

thats a feature :p ;)

[Wannes]

quick review, you can expand this much more.

[hifive]

lack of:

POP3/SMTP, new mail notification, Opera support, Editable notes, calendar

(yet).

There's third party software to do some of those. [Pop Goes the GMail]

[HoochieMamma]

Gmail is very nice, I like the 1 GB limit on mine. :D

[ThunderRiver]

I dunno.. I kind think its search feature is a little bit flawed. if you just type in keyword gmail, you seem to get every single emails displayed even if message doesn't contain anything relates to "gmail"

I wonder if that's a bug. It happens to my inbox though.

[Dane2003]

Updates Added

Sorry, was quickly writing it earlier, expanded it a bit more today, will review again tommarow, but it provides a valueable look at the Gmail Service. Maybe ill add some screenshots of each of the described features.

[PeterClark]

where is the rest of the review? screenshots? o_O

[null_]

A nice quick review of Gmail :) Good job.

[Bertyjnr]

Suprised this review didn't mention Gmail's much-publicised 'feature' of extracting any text Google like from your e-mail for marketing purposes.

[Rahul]

nice , short & sweet review of gmail

[#Michael]

Googles new email service has 1GB of Diskspace, which beats EVERY one of the premium services offered by MSN Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and even AventureMails own service. Instead of deleting email, you can ARCHIVE it, so you never have to get rid of important messages again. Plus Gmail includes a Mail Space indicator.

That's also not true anymore. Yahoo offers 2gb as part of their premium service.

[.Atlantis]

MSN offers 2 gig doesn't it?

[bush]

You forgot to mention labels, filters, swiftness of the service, archiving, starring

AND

lack of:

POP3/SMTP, new mail notification, Opera support, Editable notes, calendar

(yet).

don't blame gmail, if opera sucks(read : doesn't support stuff like that)

[Universal]

MSN offers 2 gig doesn't it?

Don't you have to pay for that?

[CJ33]

How about the lack of being able to import contacts?

[matt74441]

Um guys, its still in Beta. Maybe you should rewrite this review when they finally finish it and it goes public.

[kak]

That looks more like an information listing rather than a review. There is no personal opinion or in depth discussion about any one feature. Good for the unknowing though.

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

thanks for the review

[intoksicated]

Gmail stands for something else... God of emails...

[Kerm]

Lol, Gmail suits me, just click the favourites.

As Matt said Beta Beta Beta, classic excuse.