Gmail has been available on a limited release for 3 months now. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about you'll want to read Rich Wiggins' article in Searcher Magazine, GMail: Google Storms the Webmail Market. This is the most comprehensive and informative article on Gmail that I've seen, with comparisons to other web email services, a complete list of features, a discussion of Gmail's aversion to folders, and a review of privacy concerns, not to mention details on the flaws the privacy advocates haven't noticed that could open your Gmail email up to public scrutiny.
I did finally get an invitation to Gmail (thanks, Tim!) but have a problem. My current email account won't forward, and Gmail, as Rich mentions, doesn't support POP email, as does Mailblocks and Yahoo. So I have an account with no email in it. But that's okay, I'm sure POP support will come soon, and when it does, I'll be ready! In the meantime, I'll follow Rich Wiggins' blog to keep track of all the Gmail developments.
Hi Cindy:
For help with your Gmail problem you might want to check out: http://www.email2pop.com./
Hope this helps.
Dave Rakowski
Allentown, PA
A very interesting article, although it was a pity that the screen shots referenced in the article were not reproduced online. However, the article's comparison with Yahoo! Mail is now out of date. Yahoo! Mail provides 100MB free (not just 4MB like it used to) and Yahoo! Mail Plus provides 2GB (i.e. twice as much as Gmail) for only $20 a year, so I probably won't be switching to Gmail whenever it becomes open to everyone. Although Yahoo! Mail probably wouldn't have upgraded its storage capacity so drastically if Gmail hadn't come out.