I have read quite a few articles about people using Gmail to filter spam out of their company email or other email account. This does work very nicely since Gmail offers POP3 access free of charge. I have actually been using it for a somewhat similar solution. Ever since my toddler fried the motherboard in my laptop and I had no access to my Outlook, I had to think of something quick because my Road Runner Webmail only comes with 10MB of storage (yes, it would fill up after my Dad sends me 2 jokes with attachments). So, after a few seconds of thought process, I had an idea: "Why not setup Gmail as my Email Client!?" Gmail has some very nice features, so this was a no-brainer.
First, I logged into my Road Runner Webmail, went to the Options page and set it to forward everything to my Gmail address. Next, I logged back into Gmail and went to the Settings page. Here there is a tab labeled Accounts where you can add an email address to "send as". By adding my Road Runner email address and clicking the radio button for:
When I receive a message sent to one of my addresses:
Reply from the same address the message was sent to.
After adding the new "account" to Gmail, a message is sent to my Road Runner email confirming that this is my address and basically requesting permission to allow Gmail to send messages which claim to be from that address. Since I already set up forwarding, this message just shows up in my Gmail inbox. Once all of this is completed--viola! I never ever have to go into my Road Runner account for anything. If someone sends a message to my Road Runner account, I receive it in my Gmail account. When replying to that email, Gmail recognizes what E-Mail address the message was sent to and automatically replies using that address. Seamless! This can be taken a step further by using Gmail's Labels and Filters options to visually point out which address a message was sent to--if you feel you need to know. I opted out of that setting, as I really don't care anymore.
Another idea I came up with in regards to this feature was misspelled email addresses. My last name is often butchered, so I decided to setup a few more Gmail accounts, using the most common misspellings of my last name, and have them set to forward to Gmail in the same fashion as above. The only downfall to this is that my replies will come from the misspelled address as well, so there isn't a whole lot of room to force a spelling correction on the sender, unless I notice the misspelling in my "send as" address in the drop down menu which will display above every outgoing message.
I have also noticed that Gmail recently added an option to GET mail from POP3 accounts. I have not went through this process yet, as I have no other E-Mail addresses (THANK GOD!) to setup. I am not sure how recent this addition was, but it's new to me as I haven't peeked at the Gmail settings page in some time.
So there you have it. Multiple ways of using Gmail as your E-Mail client. Access your email from anywhere, including your mobile phone, and never worry about size limits again.
First, I logged into my Road Runner Webmail, went to the Options page and set it to forward everything to my Gmail address. Next, I logged back into Gmail and went to the Settings page. Here there is a tab labeled Accounts where you can add an email address to "send as". By adding my Road Runner email address and clicking the radio button for:
When I receive a message sent to one of my addresses:
Reply from the same address the message was sent to.
After adding the new "account" to Gmail, a message is sent to my Road Runner email confirming that this is my address and basically requesting permission to allow Gmail to send messages which claim to be from that address. Since I already set up forwarding, this message just shows up in my Gmail inbox. Once all of this is completed--viola! I never ever have to go into my Road Runner account for anything. If someone sends a message to my Road Runner account, I receive it in my Gmail account. When replying to that email, Gmail recognizes what E-Mail address the message was sent to and automatically replies using that address. Seamless! This can be taken a step further by using Gmail's Labels and Filters options to visually point out which address a message was sent to--if you feel you need to know. I opted out of that setting, as I really don't care anymore.
Another idea I came up with in regards to this feature was misspelled email addresses. My last name is often butchered, so I decided to setup a few more Gmail accounts, using the most common misspellings of my last name, and have them set to forward to Gmail in the same fashion as above. The only downfall to this is that my replies will come from the misspelled address as well, so there isn't a whole lot of room to force a spelling correction on the sender, unless I notice the misspelling in my "send as" address in the drop down menu which will display above every outgoing message.
I have also noticed that Gmail recently added an option to GET mail from POP3 accounts. I have not went through this process yet, as I have no other E-Mail addresses (THANK GOD!) to setup. I am not sure how recent this addition was, but it's new to me as I haven't peeked at the Gmail settings page in some time.
So there you have it. Multiple ways of using Gmail as your E-Mail client. Access your email from anywhere, including your mobile phone, and never worry about size limits again.
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