I am a Mac guy and had been using Entourage while at work and the
Outlook Web interface while outside the building. Both are a pain to
me. So recently I started redirecting all mail sent to my Pacific
Science Center (PacSci) address to my gmail address and created a
PacSci identity there. I don't synch at all. Everything ends up in
gmail where I have WAY more storage than our local Exchange Server can
provide, better spam filtering, and a better interface. First, you can
now use IMAP with gmail so you can use Mac's Mail app, Outlook,
whatever. Or you can use the gmail Web interface. I still need to go
into my PacSci account with the Outlook Web interface every now and
then to clean out deleted items. The rule I set up redirects all mail
(as opposed to forwarding) and then deletes all messages. But it does
not clean out deleted mail so the mailbox still fills up eventually.
The only other issue I've found is that when the mail is redirected to
gmail it strips off more than my address. So, if the sender has put
any cc addresses or multiple addresses in the To: field, they get
stripped off. I have tried in vain to find a solution for that. If
anyone knows please enlighten me. Other than that, gmail is WAY better
at handling mail on my multiple Macs and PCs than Outlook or
Entourage. I also use Google Calendar. When an Outlook meeting request
comes in via email, Gmail detects it, asks me if I want to accept the
invite, then updates my Google Calendar, then sends a message to the
sender confirming. It cannot update my calendar back at work, but
frankly most people I work with RARELY use that feature.
Stan Orchard
Web Publisher
Pacific Science Center
On Nov 16, 2007, at 11/16/07, robin.dowden wrote:
I love my iPhone but can?t get Walker email on it. The Walker uses
Microsoft
Exchange for mail and my attempt to convince IT to open IMAP access
beyond
the Walker network over SSL or VPN was met with resistance. Our IT
manager
is concerned about security, specifically providing another
opportunity for
misuse which they would be responsible for monitoring.
I?m wondering if anyone has had success convincing IT it's not a big
issue/security risk or found another solution. I?ve considered
forwarding
Walker mail to my gmail account but anticipate headaches keeping the
mailboxes in sync.
Thanks.
Robin Dowden
Director, New Media Initiatives
Walker Art Center
robin.dowden at walkerart.org
612.375.7541
walkerart.org
mnartists.org
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