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26 Jan 06 GetByMail 1.3 – Access or Share Your Files via Email

GetByMail.com is pleased to announce the release of GetByMail version 1.3 – remote access and file sharing by mail software.
With GetByMail you can stay at home and have access to your office computer and vice versa simply through your e-mail account. You can get remote directory listings and tree view, download/upload files and directories, perform change dir, make dir, rename and delete operations, capture remote computer desktop screens, run remote applications, shutdown, reboot and logoff remote computer. During download/upload operations files and directories are automatically compressed and split into small pieces to assure reliable transmission.
GetByMail gives you a unique ability to share files on your computer with other people simply through e-mail. It is an excellent solution if you want to share files with people who do not have access to FTP, P2P or are behind firewalls. With a help of GetByMail you can get through the firewall without any hassle.
Because GetByMail only requires an e-mail address the program is very easy to setup. No complex network configuration, no dedicated IP and no additional FTP software are required. Most popular Internet E-mail (POP3/SMTP) and Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail configurations are supported.
GetByMail supports SSL connections over POP3/SMTP protocols and is compatible with Google Gmail service.
GetByMail built-in security features allow you to administrate e-mail addresses that are authorized to use GetByMail. All messages and attachments are reliably encrypted to secure the communication process.
GetByMail has intuitive FTP client interface with local and remote computer left and right panels. Program is multithreaded and can functions in background while you work on other things.
GetByMail version 1.3 is available for Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP and is free to use. Application can be downloaded at http://www.getbymail.com/en/download/bin/gbm.exe

25 Jan 06 Connect Google Talk to AIM, MSN, & Yahoo

Google has announced plans to get Google Talk and AIM talking, but with a little elbow grease you can do that and more today.

Now that Google has opened up their Google Talk servers for federation with other Jabber servers, you can use Google Talk to connect to your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo or ICQ.

Here’s how, step-by-step with screenshots.

Via | Bigblueball.com

21 Jan 06 Gmail Gives Up, Adds Delete Button

When it first launched in 2004, Google’s Gmail was missing a key feature available in competing e-mail services and clients: a prominent delete button. Although Gmail offered deleting through a dropdown, Google felt users should never have to delete messages thanks to expanded storage. But the company has finally given in.

“Now there’s an easy-to-find delete button for those messages you really don’t want. For everything else, there’s Archive,” Google wrote on the About Gmail page Archive, which Google previously encouraged instead of delete, simply removes a message from the inbox and leaves it in “All Mail.”

Via | Betanews.com

17 Jan 06 Gmail invites Blog

Looking for a Gmail Invite? You have found the right spot.

This blog is dedicated to Gmail and Gmail Invites and the whole “buzz” around them!

http://www.livejournal.com/community/gmail_invites/

16 Jan 06 Instant disposable Gmail addresses

Let’s say you need to sign up for a mailing list that interests you, but you’re afraid spammers might get your address. We’ll call the list “exoticflowers”.

Sign up with the list using the address “johndoe+exoticflowers@gmail.com”. Email to that address will still come to your “johndoe@gmail.com” address even though the “To:” will include that “+exoticflowers” in it.

Then set up Gmail filters to shuttle that +exoticflowers email past the inbox to a specific label.

Via | Lifehacker.com | Kevingunn.org

10 Jan 06 HOW-TO: Use your Gmail account as a personal file server

This is a fairly simple and useful trick to score yourself a gigabyte’s worth of free online file storage. If you already have a Gmail account, you can use it as a central file server that is accessible from anywhere you can access Gmail. If you don’t have a Gmail account… read on. We’re going to install a shell extension that will allow you to mount your Gmail account as a virtual drive on your desktop, so you can perform basic file manipulation operations without having to go through the web-based interface. Drag and drop, batch copy, create folders and delete files as you normally would in Windows Explorer, and be able to access your virtual drive from virtually anywhere.

There are some limitations and caveats associated with this how-to: Gmail doesn’t support files larger than 10MB, so you won’t be able to store large movie files or anything, but you wouldn’t be doing that anyway ‘cuz it’s illegal, right? Also, the Gmail drive shell extension only functions under Windows XP, but you’ll be able to access and download any of your files via any operating system and browser combination supported by Gmail.

Be advised that this trick is completely unsupported by the Google folk and so may cease functioning at any time — particularly following upgrades to the Gmail service. As far as we know this isn’t illegal (we actually read the EULA for you — that’s love, people), but we can’t guarantee Google won’t go all RIAA on us and crack down on this app, either, so use at your own risk.

Read full article: http://www.sheerboredom.net

09 Jan 06 Gmail+Growl 1.4

Gmail+Growl, a notification utility for Gmail that works with Growl, has been updated.In the new version, clicking the notification will open up the message in a web browser. You can choose which browser it should use.

Growl is a utility that provides notifications, or on-screen messages, when events occur in other apps. It can also provide pop-up notification (à la MailAppetizer) for Mail.app (and a growing number of other apps).

Gmail+Growl is freeware and is available from the developer’s web site.

Via | Timgaden.com

02 Jan 06 GMail invites via SMS with Promotional Products

GMail has been a great tool I’ve used to help keep track of alot of my work e-mails, marketing articles, details on promotional products etc. and have them indexed by a powerful search algorithm – and access them anywhere thanks to Google :)

Forwarding useful resources, articles, links to my GMail account has proven to be an effective archive/record keeping tool for me.If you haven’t been lucky enough to receive an invite to the GMail service (I’m saying lucky – but i’m sure you know someone by now who has GMail and is willing to invite you) you can now receive invites directly from the mothership itself.

A text link at the bottom of the search engines home page reads:Advanced spam filter, instant search, 2.6GB. Get Google Mail.Visit google.com.au to get your invite. Simply click the link at the bottom of the page, and enter your mobile phone number, and Google will SMS your invitation code.

Cool Bananas!

P.S. I can see alot of people signing up friends for a joke.. just to see Google as the SMS sender on their mobile phone displays ;) ..

Via |  Azgoogle.blogspot.com