On Sat, 2007-09-08 at 18:33 +0530, Linux Lingam wrote:
> i have several gmail accounts dedicated to different projects and tasks.
> have set up some accounts to forward from one to the other, and to
> offer me a choice of emails in the 'from' field. nevertheless, this is
> still inelegant.
> one option is to use a mail client like thunderbird. but i have to
> work through web-browsers only and not mail-clients.
Work with Evolution. Working in Webbrowsers is good for some reason, but
many different reasons, you will find Mail Clients are good. Evolution
is frustrating, but even then it is one of the best among available mail
readers. I can't say anything about Thunderbird, used once, liked less.
Outlook is better if on WIndows(becaues of mail summary on home page,
but i still prefer Evolution, and wishing if it gets  something like
MainPage showing how many mails, pending tasks and other things are
available.)
> yet i can't open multiple tabs or windows and log into separate gmail
> accounts concurrently. 
Mozilla has its cache system (as usual to other browsers) to store all
the cookies. And there is restrction for site for no. of caches it can
save on system (actually no. and size).
Now  google developer have gone with other solution. When there is a
login cache (current login), the next browser with gmail will
automatically open the current login account. Thats solution for many
people, though your specific problem. Thats not a problem for google to
change this, but they have thought it better, and also there is security
context with it.

> recently, i found a clever little hack for myself: launch firefox, and
> the epiphany web browser concurrently. this way i can keep myself
> logged in concurrently to two gmail accounts.

Hey bro, this is not hack :)
When you open different mozilla windows, they share same resources and
container to save things. Like history, cookie, cache pages and items,
form field values etc.
So, two firefox tabs and windows will share same container for
resources. 

> can anybody please recommend me another, and more elegant way of
> concurrently logging-in via the web to multiple gmail accounts?
There are many solutions possible,
1. Use Evolution, Create Multiple A/C and done
2. Use glite library to create your own page, that will fetch different
mail accounts and show you all in catagories.
3. recompile mozilla firefox with little HACK not to share the common
comtainer 
4. Create multiple profiles for Firefox (as told by other users)
5. Make multiple user account on computer, say user1, user2, user3 ...In
terminal login as user1 and open firefox from there. Since the
preference directory for firefox will be all in user's specific dir, it
wont be using same cache/
and many other solutions which I don't know or think of. :)
huh, most solutions are crap instead #1, use evolution or thunderbird.
Thats the best solution 
> tia
> 
> :-)
> niyam

-- 
Ravi Shanker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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