but thanks for the tip of integrating gmail as a folder.. love it
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:26:51 -0400, Jim Davis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I still love Outlook and see plenty of reasons to use it over Gmail.
>
> You can integrate Outlook with Gmail and not have to "switch between Outlook
> and a Browser all day" (and, actually, this is one of the reasons I like
> Outlook!)
>
> Just create a new folder someplace (I've only done this with personal
> folders, but I see no reason that it wouldn't work with system folders as
> well) and call it "Gmail". Then right click the folder and choose
> "properties". Now select the "Home Page" tab. Check the "Show home page by
> default for this folder" and enter http://gmail.google.com
> <http://gmail.google.com/> into the address. Then press "OK" and you're
> set.
>
> When you select that folder in Outlook you'll now see Gmail. Log in
> (selecting "don't ask me for my password for 2 weeks" if you like).
>
> You can, of course, also do this for any other web-based email services or
> just for sites that you visit daily or that might affect your schedule (like
> the corporate cafeteria menu.)
>
> You don't get any real integration with the sites, but it is slightly easier
> to move around between web and Exchange based email.
>
> GMail won't replace Outlook for me any time soon. No integration with my
> Handheld PC, no scheduling, very weak contact management, no task or notes
> management, etc I love it, but it's just not even close to a replacement
> technology unless you use Outlook for email and only email - and if that
> were the case why would you be using Outlook in the first place?
>
> Jim Davis
>
>
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