Comments on: Gmail Mail Fetcher Finally Peaking its Head Out

By: funTomas

funTomas — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:03:19 +0000

Frankly speaking, I don’t understand your point of view. Firstly, why to use fetcher for obtaining mail from other Gmail accounts? You can use forwarding if you want read all mails at one point. On the other hand, forwarding from non-Gmail accounts doesn’t have to be enough since many mail servers don’t even offer such a feature.
Secondly, why to add another button to the already crammed real estate of Gmail homepage, in order to obtain messages from other account via the fetcher? Isn’t it better to integrate such a function into the Refresh link?
Anyway, can’t wait for the feature to appear in my account. It’s one of few I’m really missing and I’ve suggested to Google.

By: MetaMan

MetaMan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:13:36 +0000

Oh, sorry about the forwarding thing. I have AT&T internet, and Pro accounts come free with that. And yes, everyone always copies off everyone else, not only with e-mail, not only with the software industry, but in every major industry.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:46:53 +0000

I think that Gmail is doing a little of its own pioneering along with adding popular features from other email services. I know a lot of people that only use Google Talk from within Gmail so that is one feature that was useful and unique. Of course, Yahoo! is supposed to be integrating their instant messenger with Yahoo! Mail Beta, so I guess you can say that everyone copies off of everyone?

By: netster007x

netster007x — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:45:55 +0000

Sorry, but as priorly mentioned, Gmail is only following Yahoo!’s path, rather than pioneering ahead, with this feature. I was even surprised, though, to see that its free. Its too bad Yahoo! charges for most everything else, though. Gmail will always be ahead when it comes to free features.

By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:35:42 +0000

It’s not in mine yet. This is something that I would use.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:10:29 +0000

I usually just set forwarders, but I’m sure this will be useful.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:05:30 +0000

MetaMan wrote:

Yahoo! has had this feature for a while. In the old Yahoo! Mail, other accounts you can retrieve mail from are listed above your folders, and you can click on one of them to retrieve mail from that account. If you want to forward, right next to the "From" in the compose mail window is a drop-down menu with all of the accounts listed. They don't limit you to Yahoo! accounts, either. I know these features are in the new version, too, but I haven't bothered looking (I only use GMail now).

Huh, you're right that Yahoo does do this. I never really thought to look there. It says the automatic forwarding is only for the Pro account though that costs $20 per year.

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:48:45 +0000

I’m still waiting for this on my accounts, but you’ve just answered a very important question: that it works across other email accounts. If so, this could be the long-awaited solution for those trying to consolidate several gmail accounts into one (i.e. transfer old email).

By: MetaMan

MetaMan — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:30:48 +0000

Yahoo! has had this feature for a while. In the old Yahoo! Mail, other accounts you can retrieve mail from are listed above your folders, and you can click on one of them to retrieve mail from that account. If you want to forward, right next to the “From” in the compose mail window is a drop-down menu with all of the accounts listed. They don’t limit you to Yahoo! accounts, either. I know these features are in the new version, too, but I haven’t bothered looking (I only use GMail now).