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On 03/31/2010 02:18 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> i'm already using ~/.forward which means mail still goes to mail.g.o and that |
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> server takes care of forwarding it to my private gmail.com account. then my |
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> mail client fetches it from gmail.com via the normal pop/imap methods. there |
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> is no need to share passwords between gmail.com and g.o. |
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> so i dont see what advantage this process ive been using for years has over |
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> this method. they look pretty much equivalent. |
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> -mike |
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Hey Mike, |
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You are right that what you are doing gives you the ability to use gmail |
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for this. However, there's one key thing that turning on Standard |
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Edition does: |
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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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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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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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-Joe |