Wingless Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Just curious as to whether or not any of you semi-entrupenurial folks use Google apps for your day to day business. I'm curious to see how it stacks up against, say, a Microsoft solution in practical use. I'm more curious about the paid version, but free works as well. I've been thinking about switching to gmail as my mail client at work, and ditching Outlook 07. I can't connect through POP since the mail server is internal, and gmail doesn't do exchange, so I'd have to forward mail and change my from/reply to info to match the domain account. Seems like a bit of a headache, and I'd also be the odd ball. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 ive used gmail for years not and i wouldnt think if switching. they have an app that goes right to your task bar to tell you how amny emails you have, and the subject, who, and from then its received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaM Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I love Google Apps, I used their calendar thing for nearly everything in my life last year for school and whatnot. It helps that my phone can fully interact with it. Gmail is amazing, I do know your problem with the POP and forwards, etc. My school's e-mail is run off of some Gmail server client and I still have trouble sometimes connecting the two and sending/forwarding emails between my personal and school e-mail. Google is hard at work at taking over the world, I say support them instead of Wal*Mart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingless Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) I use 15 of google's products on a weekly basis. I have zero intent of switching for personal use since I haven't found anything that matches the function set while still being well constructed. I was thinking more along the lines of integration for corporate use off of an Exchange server, and I see a lot of apprehension from a lot of people over that. Maybe just general paranoia on their part, but I'm curious to see if anyone actually practices it. Edit due to simultaneous SWAT posting - Also, I remember seeing a shoop somewhere, calling Wal-Mart, Wal-Marx. I lol'd. I'd be fully willing to use Gmail as a pop client over Outlook. I'd be the odd man out on a lot of things if I wasn't on Outlook, since it's our corporate standard, but I think I could deal with it. Direct integration, I'd be all over, but something seems... awkward about forwarding from one account to another. Seems... convoluted. I dunno. Edited August 10, 2009 by Wingless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaM Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I use 15 of google's products on a weekly basis. I have zero intent of switching for personal use since I haven't found anything that matches the function set while still being well constructed. I was thinking more along the lines of integration for corporate use off of an Exchange server, and I see a lot of apprehension from a lot of people over that. Maybe just general paranoia on their part, but I'm curious to see if anyone actually practices it. Edit due to simultaneous SWAT posting - Also, I remember seeing a shoop somewhere, calling Wal-Mart, Wal-Marx. I lol'd. I'd be fully willing to use Gmail as a pop client over Outlook. I'd be the odd man out on a lot of things if I wasn't on Outlook, since it's our corporate standard, but I think I could deal with it. Direct integration, I'd be all over, but something seems... awkward about forwarding from one account to another. Seems... convoluted. I dunno. 0.o buttsecks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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