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On Wednesday 31 March 2010 12:11:30 Joe Peterson wrote: |
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> It's a "Google Apps" account, not just a Gmail account. You cannot have |
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> more than one gmail account open in your browser at one time - the |
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> cookies are not separate. Whereas you *can* have your gmail and all of |
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> your google apps accounts (in different domains) open at one time. |
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OK |
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> Those, like me, who have several google apps accounts (I have a personal |
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> business one, a personal one, and a work one) can keep accounts separate |
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> this way. Also, since it's the "gentoo.org" google apps account, the |
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> email address looks the same as your gentoo address (rather than |
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> foo-gentoo@×××××.com, etc.). |
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this too has been doable forever. gmail has had a feature where you can set |
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the From: address to any e-maill address once you "verified" it was your e- |
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mail address. |
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> What Alec was asking is why not turn on the feature. It just enables |
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> more functionality for those who want to use it. It just requires we |
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> verify that we "own" gentoo.org. |
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i'm not against the idea, i was just wondering what the point was |
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-mike |
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