My Mail Spells G

Gmail is a Google-owned, web-based email service that includes over 2 gigabytes of storage (and growing).

I am continually using Gmail for 6 months now. Pero don’t get me wrong. This is not my only email around. I have a yahoomail and recently, I created a hotmail by microsoft. Para guluhin pa lalo ang isip niyo, I have 5 yahoomail. 1 gmail, 1 hotmail.

Bakit ang dami? Well huwag muna kayong magulat. There are reasons for all of those. And it was 5 years in the making. I didn’t create that in a day and then guluhin ang sarili ko.A single mail is enough. I am not even a constant checker ng aking inbox. I just check once or twice a day. The reason that I am starting to switch to gmail is that, napakarami niyang inooffer na options. When I join Gmail, I never knew that I will have my own Docs and Spreadsheets archive na ngayun ay lagi kong ginagamit. I can type a Document kahit walang Microsoft Office. Minsan, nautusan akong magprint ng isang document, they send it to my Gmail and sakto, walang Office ang laptop na gamit ko. But then I remember that Gmail has the capability to open documents in its own software. I just press the attached document and boom! I printed it right at the very page of the browser. It was a relief to have this kind of options when you needed it. Marami pang ibang added features ang may account sa Google and I will discuss it sa mga susunod kong post God willing. Una, I would like to have a single email. Pero I was compelled to create several yahoomail because of important reasons. Yet huwag niyo akong gagayahin, unless you have a reason that can justify such action.

At the time that I was about to abandon yahoomail. A problem exist. I was asked to pull out an important record sa hard disk ko na about a year ko nang hindi nabubuksan. I look for it and then it was not there sa folder na inaasahan kong napaglagyan ko. And then I remember that I have sent it to somebody a year ago. I then checked my sent mail button sa yahoomail, and it was there. Looking at me with a smile. I almost shouted sa tuwa dahil yahoomail saves my day. Naisip ko, anong dapat kong ipagmadali na iwanan ang yahoomail? Una, I am just using it for free and I still have a yahoo messenger to mix with it. What would I lose? Except dalawa na ang lagi kong bubuksan daily. Twice a day, so apat na beses isang araw. No worries. Ang ginawa ko ngayun naglagay ako ng short button ng gmail sa bookmark section ko ng mozilla firefox 2 para isang press lang and then nasa gmail na agad ako. I don’t usually open the 4 extra yahoomail that I have. It is only used when needed. And the reason that I have signed up for a hotmail is just to look for any good option it offers. Siguro brief lang ito to discuss, pero I would discuss more sa mga susunod pa.

Ayon nga sa kasabihan, enjoy what you have. Kung Yahoomail user ka, it’s fine. Kung Gmail user ka, don’t push people to be a Gmail user too. Kung Hotmail, I don’t have a problem with that. Kahit ano pang mail siguro basta it get’s the job done. Pero to help you out. Yahoomail, Gmail and Hotmail is the best that I know. Choose one here and make life easier for you.

I remember seeing a web-based mail na pogimail ang pangalan during mid 90’s kung hindi ako nagkakamali. Sa pangalan pa lang hindi na ako tiwala. Sorry sa creator pero I wouldn’t give anyone a serious business card with a pogimail account printed in it.

To end this, Gmail impresses me kung pano niya iblock ang mga spam. What is a spam?

E-mail spam, also known as bulk or junk e-mail is a subset of spam that involves sending nearly identical messages to numerous recipients by e-mail.

Ang spam sa PC World ay mga junk mail. Mga walang kuwentang email ng mga taong gagawin lahat para kumita lang ng pera. Once na nakuha na nila email address mo, it keeps on sending ng mga binebenta nila at minsan ay mga pornographic sites pa ang offer. At siguro, may network ito ng mga kabalat nila at pinamimigay ang mga nakolekta nilang active emails hanggang sa napakarami nang manggugulo sayo. Yahoomail put it in a Spam Section pero most of the time, nakakapasok na din ito sa iyong mismong Inbox. Pero may moral lesson naman siya, kasi magiging masipag ka. Masipag magdelete dahil kung hindi tatambak ng tatambak. At minsan sa sobrang hilo mo ay madedelete mo na din ang email sayong importante na hindi mo namamalayan. May moral lesson din yun, dahil sa susunod ay magiging maingat ka na, hanggang pati ang spam ay hindi mo na buburahin agad and then iikot-ikot lang ang mundo mo sa twilight zone. Kasi hindi mo na alam kung ano ba talaga kuya…

But sa Gmail, it’s like sitting with feet on the table kapag binubuksan mo ang mail mo. Malinis at walang maraming mga pangasar. Siguro, when time comes, I will only choose one. Pero not now. When the time comes, I’ll tell you.

Sa mga susunod kong post, I will show you how to use yahoomail, gmail, or hotmail with breeze. Anong mga options nila, and what are the do’s and dont’s. How can you maximize them and how not to be easily terrorized by others.

Until then, God bless.

Vinvin