Brief update re freebie Google apps
Well, at least I’ll try and keep it brief. It’s like this:
A few weeks back in my Google miscellany post I alluded to the practical reality that some Gmail features in the freebie version of Google Apps lag some behind regular Gmail service and, presumably, the for-cost versions of Google Apps. The good news today is that it looks like Google has finally implemented mail fetcher in its freebie version of domain-hosted Gmail, or at least it has done so for ours:
This development prompted choruses of “Oh Happy Day” among some LSNC staffers. They now have multiple ways to manage and manipulate their domain-hosted Gmail, including:
- Automatically forward all of one’s individual Gmail to another email address;
- Automatically forward selected emails using Gmail filters;
- Configure Gmail to do POP3 downloads of all of one’s Gmail to an external email application like Outlook (whatever); and/or
- Use mail fetcher to download via POP3 up to five other email accounts directly into to one’s Gmail account.
One additional note: If you go the freebie route with Google Apps, you don’t get all the optimal integration of the various apps that for-cost Google Apps seems to be promising. And in the freebie version, this slight is compounded somewhat by a misleading “more” link that suggests but doesn’t deliver anything more than a laundry list of Google apps and services. Here’s a better way to go for the freebies among us: Assuming you have set up a general Google account using your domain-hosted Gmail account, quick click to get to the Google home page and then in the upper right-hand corner click on “My Account.” Bingo! That link takes you to a comprehensive list of links to all your personal Google services linked to your email address:
